Appendix 7.4 - Fauna Recorded Within the Assessment Area
Avifauna
Common Name Scientific Name Conservation Status
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea PRC
Great Egret Egretta alba PRC (RC)
Little Egret Egretta garzetta PRC (RC)
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (LC)
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus RC
Striated Heron Butorides striatus (LC)
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (LC)
Common Teal Anas crecca RC
Black Kite Milvus migrans (RC)
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo -
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus -
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus -
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus -
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus -
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos -
Pintail/Swinhoe’s Snipe # Gallinago stenura/megala -
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago -
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis -
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis -
Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea -
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides -
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis -
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis -
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis -
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis -
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis (LC)
Little Swift Apus affinis  
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus (LC)
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica -
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea -
White Wagtail Motacilla alba -
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi -
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni -
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike Coracina melaschistos  
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus -
Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis -
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster -
Chestnut Bulbul Hypsipetes castanonotus -
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach -
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope -
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus -
Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis -
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus -
Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus LC
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata -
Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus -
Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma -
Common Blackbird Turdus merula -
Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus -
Masked Laughingthrush Garrulax perspicillatus -
Japanese Bush Warbler Cettia diphone -
Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis -
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis LC
Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris -
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata -
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius -
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus -
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus -
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis -
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica -
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica -
Great Tit Parus major -
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum -
Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae -
Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus -
Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria LC
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla -
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala -
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola RC
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata -
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata -
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus -
Black-collared Starling Sturnus nigricollis -
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus -
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus  
White-shouldered Starling Sturnus sinensis (LC)
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus -
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus -
Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha -
Common Magpie Pica pica -
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos -
Herpetofauna
Common Name Scientific Name Conservation Status
Reptiles    
Bowring’s Gecko Hemidactylus bowringii common and widespread
Changeable Lizard Calotes versicolor common and widespread
Chinese Skink Eumeces chinensis common and widespread
Amphibians    
Paddy Frog Rana limnocharis common and widespread
Chinese Bullfrog Rana rugulosa uncommon, declining
Günther’s Frog Rana guentheri common and widespread
Brown Tree Frog Polypedates megacephalus common and widespread
Asiatic Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra common and widespread
Marbled Pigmy Frog Microhyla pulchra common and widespread
Fish
Fish species PHN TTT LTT Hong Kong status
Parazacco spilurus x x   widespread, Vulnerable
Capoeta semifasciolata x x x widespread, in decline
Gambusia affinis x x x widespread, exotic
Xiphophorus helleri (red form) x x x widespread, exotic
Mugil cephalus x x x widespread in estuaries
Ambassis gymnocephalus x x x widespread in estuaries
Kuhlia marginata x     known only from two other sites, Regional Concern
Apogon amboinensis   x   status unknown
Leiognathus brevirostris     x status unknown
Oreochromis spp. x x   widespread, exotic
Gerres filamentosus x x x locally common in estuaries
Lutjanus argentimaculatus x x x locally common in estuaries
Therapon jarbua x x   widespread in estuaries
Scatophagus argus x x   locally common in estuaries
Tridentiger trigonocephalus x x   locally common in estuaries
Glossogobius giuris x x   widespread
Stigmatogobius javanicus x   x locally common in estuaries
Ctenogobius duospilus   x x widespread
Periophthalmus cantonensis x x x widespread in estuaries
Total Species 16 16 11  
Dragonflies
Common Name Scientific Name Status in Hong Kong
Chinese Greenwing Neurobasis chinensis common
Common Blue Jewel Rhinocypha perforata common
Black-banded Gossamerwing Euphaea decorata common
Orange-tailed Sprite Ceriagrion auranticum common
Common Bluetail Ischnura senegalensis common
Orange-faced Sprite Pseudagrion rubriceps common
Yellow Featherlegs Copera marginipes common
Black Threadtail Prodasineura autumnalis common
Common Flangetail Ictinogomphus pertinax common
Asian Pintail Acisoma panorpoides common
Crimson Darter Crocothemis servilia common
Russet Percher Neurothemis fulvia common
Pied Percher Neurothemis tullia common
Red-faced Skimmer Orthetrum chrysis common
Common Blue Skimmer Orthetrum glaucum common
Marsh Skimmer Orthetrum luzonicum common
Common Red Skimmer Orthetrum pruinosum common
Green Skimmer Orthetrum sabina common
Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens common
Variegated Flutterer Rhyothemis variegata common
Crimson Dropwing Trithemis aurora common
Indigo Dropwing Trithemis festiva common
Butterflies
Common Name Scientific Name Status in Hong Kong
Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus common
Great Mormon Papilio memnon common
Common Mormon Papilio polytes common
Fivebar Swordtail Pathysa antiphates common
Lemon Emigrant Catopsilia pomona common
Mottled Emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe common
Red-base Jezebel Delias pasithoe common
Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe common
Great Orangetip Hebomoia glaucippe common
Indian Cabbage White Pieris canidia common
Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne common
Colour Sergeant Athyma nefte common
Common Sergeant Athyma perius common
Rustic Cupha erymanthis common
Common Crow Euploea core common
Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina common
Peacock Pansy Junonia almana common
Grey Pansy Junonia atlites common
Banded Tree Brown Lethe confusa common
Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda common
Dark Brand Bush Brown Mycalesis mineus common
Purple Sapphire Heliophorus epicles common
Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus common
Pale Grass Blue Zizeeria maha common
Bush Hopper Ampittia dioscorides uncommon
Common Straight Swift Parnara guttata common
Grass Demon Udaspes folus uncommon
Freshwater Invertebrates (including esturaine species)
Taxa Luk Tei Tong River Tai Tei Tong River Pak Ngan Heung River
Annelida      
Polychaeta x x x
Oligochaeta x   x
Bivalvia      
Sphaeriidae x x x
Gastropoda      
Biomphalaria straminea   x  
Melanoides tuberculata x x x
Crustacea      
Palaemonidae x x x
Amphipoda x x x
Hemigrapsus penicillatus x x x
Varuna litterata x x x
Unid. Crab x x x
Ephemeroptera      
Baetidae x x x
Caenidae x x x
Leptophlebiidae x x x
Odonata      
Trithemis sp. x    
Euphaea decorata x x  
Ischnura senegalensis x x  
Pseudagrion rubriceps x x  
Zygoptera sp. x   x
Heteroptera      
Gerridae x   x
Trichoptera      
Hydropsychidae x x  
Cheumatopsyche sp.     x
Odontoceridae sp. x x  
Hydroptilidae   x  
Unid. Trichoptera sp.   x  
Coleoptera      
Scirtidae larvae x    
Scirtidae adult x    
Elmidae   x x
Elmidae sp. 1 x    
Elmidae sp. 2 x    
Coleoptera larva unid. x x  
Diptera      
Ceratopogonidae   x x
Chironomidae x x x
Tanypodinae x x x
Simuliidae x x  
Tipulidae x x x
Total Taxa 29 26 20