Appendix 8.3      Bird species recorded at Sok Kwu Wan between 1998 and 1999.  Codes of status and abundance as in Appendix 8.2

 

Common Name

Latin name

Habitat

Survey date

Status

Abundance

22/9/98

7/12/98

19/3/99

10/6/99

Yellow Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

s

 

 

 

1

SV

CL

Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

m

2

 

 

 

R

CL

Reef Egret

Egretta sacra

c

 

 

1

1

R

CL

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

c

2

3

 

 

R

CW

Black-eared Kite

Milvus lineatus

c

1

1

1

 

R

CW

 

 

w

1

4

1

2

 

 

Crested Goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus

w

1

 

 

 

R

R

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

m

 

 

2

 

R

CW

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

c

4

1

 

 

PM WV

CW

Koel

Eudynamis scolopacea

m

 

 

1

 

R

CW

Greater Coucal

Centropus sinensis

m

 

1

1

 

R

CW

 

 

w

 

 

1

 

 

 

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia

w

5

 

 

 

I

CL

Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

c

3

1

3

1

R

CW

 

 

m

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

w

2

 

5

3

 

 

Pacific Swift

Apus pacificus

w

 

 

8

 

R PM

CW

White-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

c

1

 

3

 

R

CW

 

 

m

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

s

1

 

 

 

 

 

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

s

1

 

1

 

R

CW

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

w

 

 

5

2

SV PM

CW

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

c

4

2

 

 

WV

CW

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

c

 

 

1

 

WV

CW

Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina melaschistos

w

3

 

 

 

WV

R

Crested Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

w

15

 

7

3

R

CW

Chinese Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

w

2

8

4

3

R

CW

Siberian Rubythroat

Luscinia calliope

w

 

1

 

 

WV

CL

Magpie Robin

Copsychus saularis

c

2

3

1

 

R

CW

 

 

m

8

 

1

3

 

 

 

 

w

 

 

2

 

 

 

Grey-backed Thrush

Turdus hortulorum

w

 

2

2

 

WV

CL

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Prinia flaviventris

w

1

 

2

1

R

CW

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

m

2

2

 

 

R

CW

 

 

w

 

4

3

2

 

 

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

w

 

4

2

 

WV

CW

Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealis

w

6

 

 

 

PM

CL

Dusky Warbler

Phylloscopus fuscatus

w

 

1

 

 

WV

CL

Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa griseisticta

w

1

 

 

 

PM

R

Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

w

 

 

1

 

R

CL

Great Tit

Parus major

m

 

1

 

 

R

CW

 

 

w

 

 

1

 

 

 

Fork-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga christinae

w

1

 

 

 

R

CL

Japanese White-eye

Zosterops japonica

m

5

3

 

 

R

CW

 

 

w

 

 

2

 

 

 

Rufous-backed Shrike

Lanius schach

w

1

 

 

 

R

CW

Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

w

6

 

 

3

SV

CW

Magpie

Pica pica

c

1

1

2

 

R

CW

 

 

w

 

2

 

 

 

 

Black-necked Starling

Sturnus nigricollis

w

20

1

6

1

R

CW

Crested Myna

Acridotheres cristatellus

c

20

13

 

 

R

CW

 

 

w

 

 

4

8

 

 

Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

c

10

3

4

 

R

CW

 

 

w

20

 

 

9

 

 

Spotted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

w

2

 

 

 

R

CL

Masked Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala

w

 

3

 

 

WV

CW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of species

 

 

27

20

25

15

 

 

Number of birds

 

 

154

65

78

46

 

 

Habitat:   c = coastlines (including rocky shore and mudflat exposed in low tide), m = pond, s = stream,

                w = shrubland/grassland mosaic.