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