2005 WATERBIRD SOCIETY POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP FOR TAIWAN BIRDS

SPECIES RECORDED NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER  2,2005

LEADERS:SIMON LIAO, TEN-DI WU, DR.ROBERT BUTLER AND JO ANN MACKENZIE

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BIRD SPECIES

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Common name

Latin name

Nov.28

Nov.28

Nov.28

Dec. 1

Dec. 2

1.       

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis  /          Podiceps ruficollis

P

 

 

 

 

2.       

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

P

 

 

 

 

3.       

Gray Heron

Ardea cinerea

P

 

 

 

 

4.       

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

P

 

 

 

 

5.       

Great Egret

Ardea alba  / Egretta alba

P

 

P

 

P

6.       

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

P

 

P

 

P

7.       

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

P

 

P

 

 

8.       

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

P

 

 

 

 

9.       

Malayan Night-Heron  /           Tiger Bittern

Gorsachius melanolophus

 

 

P

 

 

10.    

Yellow Bittern  /                        Chinese Little Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

P

 

 

 

 

11.    

Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

P *1

 

 

 

 

12.    

Black-faced Spoonbill

Platalea minor

P *2

 

 

 

 

13.    

Eurasian Wigeon

Anas Penelope

P

 

 

 

 

14.    

Eurasian Teal  /                        Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

P

 

 

 

 

15.    

Spot-billed Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

P

 

 

 

 

16.    

Northern Pintail   /    Pintail

Anas acuta

P

 

 

 

 

17.    

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

P

 

 

 

 

18.    

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

P

 

 

 

 

19.    

Crested Serpent-Eagle

Spilornis cheela

 

P

 

 

 

20.    

Eastern Marsh-Harrier  /         Marsh Harrier

Circus spilonotus  /                  Circus aeruginosus

P

 

 

 

 

21.    

Crested Goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus

 

P

P

 

 

22.    

Japanese Sparrowhawk  /      Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk

Accipiter gularis

 

 

 

P

 

23.    

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

P

P

 

 

P

24.    

Chinese Bamboo-Partridge   /    Bamboo Partridge

Bambusicola thoracica

 

 

P

 

 

25.    

SWINHOE'S PHEASANT

Lophura swinhoii

 

 

P

 

P

26.    

Common Moorhen  /                 Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

P

 

 

 

 

27.    

Eurasian Coot   /      Coot

Fulica atra

P

 

 

 

 

28.    

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

P

 

 

 

 

29.    

Greater Painted-Snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

P

 

 

 

 

30.    

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

P

 

 

 

 

31.    

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

P</