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.