Bird Life Tieng Anh-01.qxd - Birdlife International in Indochina

Appendix 6: Checklist of birds recorded at Xuan Thuy during field surveys winter 2005/2006
Species recorded Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Mar-06
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 210
2 Spot-billed Duck A. poecilorhyncha 48 10 18 2
3 Northern Shoveler A. clypeata 1 2
4 Northern Pintail A. acuta 28
5 Garganey A. querquedula 22 116 1
6 Common Teal A. crecca 986 430 86 35
7 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops *
8 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis * * *
9 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis * *
10 Black-capped Kingfisher H. pileata * * *
11 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis * * *
12 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis *
13 Lesser Coucal C. bengalensis * *
14 Slaty-breasted Rail Rallus striatus 7 2
15 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 9 5
16 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 2
17 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 4 1
18 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 152 2 45 35
19 Bar-tailed Godwit L. lapponica 1
20 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 11
21 Eurasian Curlew N. arquata 26 16
22 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1 1
23 Common Redshank T. totanus 70 42 30
24 Marsh Sandpiper T. stagnatilis 5 6 9
25 Common Greenshank T. nebularia 250 7 120 30
26 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 3 4 11 4
27 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 120 950
28 Red Knot C. canutus 32
29 Sanderling C. alba 115 180
30 Dunlin C. alpina 170 55 30 10
31 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus 1 2
32 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 7
33 Grey Plover P. squatarola 146 2 36 2
34 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 508 12
35 Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus 252 40 260 5
36 Lesser Sand Plover C. mongolus 2
37 Greater Sand Plover C. leschenaultii 438 3 25
38 Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini 60 34 45
39 Black-headed Gull L. ridibundus 184 165 49 140
40 Saunders's Gull L. saundersi 3 2
41 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 6
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