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  Birds Recorded in The Nam Ha Protected Area

The following bird list for Luang Namtha's Nam Ha Protected Area is taken from a report produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society; A Wildlife and Habitat Survey of Nam Ha and Nam Kong Protected Areas, Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR, 1997. This list is by no means exhaustive. Once this area is discovered by birders the list is sure to grow.

Taxonomy and nomenclature follow Inskipp et al. (1996).

Key
NH = Northern Highlands
SH = Southern Highlands
LNTP = Luang Namtha Plain
NK = Nam Kong Protected Area

h= The species occurred historically, but is now believed to be extirpated from the area
r = Reported by local people, but without further substantiating evidence
ex = probably extirpated

p = present. Species occurrence has been established beyond reasonable doubt, but abundance uncertain. The elusive nature of mammals in the area makes it difficult to assess abundance for more than just a few species. Some may be recorded or encountered very rarely, and yet persist in relatively high numbers.

? = requires confirmation

Abundance codes

1 = common to abundant
2 = uncommon to fairly common
3 = scarce or rare

These abundance codes are guidelines only. They have been derived subjectively, based solely on the intuitive scale. This aims to take into account variables such as insufficient time spent in suitable habitat and different species-specific/behavioral characters, e.g. the elusive nature of some species, the highly gregarious nature of others, nocturnal habits and species which occur in naturally low-density populations.

ENGLISH NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

NH

SH

LNTP

NK

Rufous-throated Partridge

Arborophilia rufogularis

2

     

Bar-backed Partridge

Arborophila brunneopectus

1

1

1

p

Mountain Bamboo Partridge

Bambusicola fytchii

2

2

 

p

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallus

2

2

2

 

Silver Pheasant

Lophura nycthemera

1

1

1

p

Grey Peacock Pheasant

Polyplectron bicalcaratum

1

1

1

p

Green Peafowl

Pavo muticus

   

h

 

Yellow-legged Buttonquail

 Turnix tanki

   

?

 

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

2

2

   

White-browed Piculet

Sasia ochracea

   

p

 

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Dendrocopos canicapilus

   

2

 

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos atratus

2

     

Crimson-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos cathparius

2

     

Rufous Woodpecker

Celeus brachyurus

1

1

1

 

Lesser Yellownape

Picus chlorolopus

   

2

 

Greater Yellownape

Picus flavinucha

p

     

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus

   

p

 

Common/Greater Flameback

Dinopium javense/Chrysosolaptes lucidus

   

p

 

Bay Woodpecker

Blythipicus pyrrhotis

1

1

1

 

Great Slaty Woodpecker

Mulleripicus funebris

   

2

 

Great Barbet

Megalaima virens

1

1

1

 

Golden-throated Barbet

Megalaima franklinii

1

     

Blue-throated Barbet

Megalaima asiatica

1

1

1

 

Blue-eared Barbet

Megalaima australis

1

1

1

 

Oriental Pied Hornbill

Anthracoceros albirostris

2

2

2

p

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

   

p

 

Orange-breasted Trogon

Harpactes oreskios

 

2

1

 

Red-headed Trogon

Harpactes erythrocephalus

1

1

2

 

Blyth's Kingfisher

Alcedo hercules

   

2

 

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo capensis

   

2

 

Stork-billed Kingfisher

Halcyon capensis

   

2

 

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smymensis

   

1

 

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

   

1

 

Crested Kingfisher

Megaceryle lugubris

   

2

 

Blue-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyomis athertoni

 

2

2

 

Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

p

     

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Merops philippinus

p

     

Large Hawk Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

1

1

1

 

Hodson's Hawk Cuckoo

Hierococcyx fugax

   

2

 

Indian Cuckoo

Cuculus micropterus

   

1

 

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonneratii

1

1

1

 

Plaintive Cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus

1

1

1

 

Drongo Cuckoo

Sumiculus lugubris

 

2

1

 

Green-billed Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus tristis

1

1

1

 

Greater Coucal 

Centropus sinensis

1

1

1

 

Lesser Coucal 

Centropus bengalensis

2

 

1

 

Grey-headed Parakeet

Psittacula finschii

   

captive

 

Swiflet sp.

Collocalai sp.

1

1

1

 

Sliver-backed Needletail

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

   

1

 

Asian Palm Swift

Cypsiurus balasiensis

   

1

 

Fork-tailed Swift

Apus pacificus

1

1

1

 

Crested Treeswift

Hemiprocne coronata

 

2

   

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

   

captive

 

Oriental Bay Owl

Phodilus badius

   

p

 

Mountian Scops Owl

 Otus spilocephalus

1

1

1

 

Collared Scops Owl

Otus lempiji

   

1

 

Collared Owlet 

Glaucidium brodiei

1

1

1

 

Asian Barred Owlet

Glaucidium cucloides

   

1

 

Brown Hawk Owl

Ninox scutulata

 

2

2

 

Hodgson's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

2

2

2

 

Great Eared Nightjar

Eurostopudus macrotis

   

2

 
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus 2 2 2

Speckeld Woodpigeon

Columba hodgsoni

3

     

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

p

     

Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

1

1

1

 

Barred Cuckoo Dove

Macropygia unchall

 

2

   

Emerald Dove

Chalcophaps indica

2

2

2

 

Thick-billed Green Pidgeon

Treron curvirostra

2

2

1

 

Pin-tailed Green Pidgeon

Treron apicauda

   

2

 

Wedge-tailed Green Pidgeon

Treron sphenura

2

 

2

 

Mountian Imperial Pidgeon

Ducula badia

2

2

2

 

White-breasted Waterhen

Amauromis phoenicurus

   

2

 

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

   

2

 

Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

   

2

 

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Pemis ptilorhyncus

   

2

 

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilomis cheela

2

2

1

p

Crested Goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus

   

2

 

Shikra

Accipiter badius

   

p

 

Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

2

2

   

Mountian Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus nipalensis

p

     

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

   

2

 
Black Eagle Letinaetus malayensis 2 1

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

   

1

 

Little Heron

Butorides striatus

   

2

 

Eared Pitta

Pitta phayrei

p

2

p

 

Rusty-naped Pitta

Pitta oatesi

2

2

   

Blue Pitta

Pitta cyanea

2

2

1

 

Silver-breasted Broadbill 

Serilophus lunatus

   

2

 

Long-tailed Broadbill

Psarisomus dalhousiae

1

1

1

 

Asian Fairy Bluebird

Irena puella

1

1

1

 

Blue-winged Leafbird

Choloropsis cochinchinensis 

1

1

1

 

Orange-bellied Leafbird

Chloropsis hardwickii

2

1

2

 

Brown Shrike

Lanius cristatus

   

1

 

Burmese Shrike

Lanius collurioides

2

2

2

 

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

2

 

2

 

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

2

 

2

 

Common Green Magpie

Cissa chinensis

2

2

2

 

Green Treepie

Dendrocitta formosae

2

2

2

 

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

   

1

 

Black-naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensis

   

p

 

Maroon Oriole

Oriolus trailii

1

1

1

 

Large Cuckooshrike

Coracina macei

1

1

1

 

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Coracina melaschistos

   

2

 

Grey-chinned Minivet

Pericrocrotus solaris

2

     

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocrotus ethologus

 

2

   

Short-billed Minivet

Pericrocrotus brevirostris

2

 

2

 

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocrotus flammeus

1

1

1

 

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Hemipus picatus

1

1

1

 

White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis

1

1

1

 

Ashy Drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus 

1

1

1

 

Bronzed Drongo

Dicrurus aeneus

1

1

1

 

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus remifer

1

1

1

 

Spangled Drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus

   

1

 
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus  paradiseus

Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

1

1

1

 

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi

       

Common Iora

Aegithina tephia

   

2

 

Great Iora

Aegithina lafresnayei

   

p

 

Large Shrike

Tephrodomis gularis

   

1

 

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufuventris

2

     

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

   

1

 

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

 

2

1

 

Long-tailed Thrush 

Zoothera dixoni

p

     

Scaly Thrush

Zoothera dauma

   

2

 

Dark-sided Thrush

Zoothera marginata

p

     

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

   

p

 

Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

   

2

 

Lesser Shortwing

Brachypteryx leucophrys

2

     

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula hodgsoni

p

     

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

2

     

Red Throated Flycatcher

Ficedula parva

1

1

1

 

White-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula monileger

2

     

Salty-blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

p

     

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassina

1

1

1

 

Large Niltava

Niltava grandis

1

     

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

2

     
Vivid Niltana Niltana vivida

2

White-tailed Flycatcher

Cyomis concretus

2

2

2

 

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Cyomis hainanus

   

1

 

Pale Blue Flycatcher

Cyomis unicolor

 

2

2

 

Hill Blue Flycatcher

Cyomis banyumas

1

1

   

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

1

1

1

 

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

   

2

 

Siberian Blue Robin

Luscina cyane

   

1

 

Oriental Magpie Robin

Copsychus saularis

2

2

1

 

White-rumped Shama 

Copdychus malabaricus

2

2

1

 

Daurian Redstart

Phoenicurus aurureus

   

3

 

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phyacomis fuliginosus

   

2

 

White-bellied Redstart

Hodgsonius phaenicuroides

2

2

2

 

White-tailed Robin

Myiomela leucura

   

2

 

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

1

1

1

 

White Crowned Forktail 

Enicurus leschenaulti

2

2

1

 

Green Cochoa

Cochoa viridis

2

3

   

Common Stonechat

Saxicola torquata

1

1

1

 

Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

   

2

 

Grey Bushchat

Saxicola ferrea

   

2

 

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Stumus malabaricus

   

2

 

White-shoulderd Starling

Stumus sinensis

2

     

Black-collared Starling

Stumus nigricollis

   

1

 

Hill Myna

Gracula religiosa

   

2

 

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch

Sitta castanea

2

2

   

Velvet Fronted Nuthatch

Sitta frontalis

1

1

1

 

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Parus spilonobus

2

     

Dusky Crag Martin

Hirundo concolor

 

2

   

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

1

1

1

 

Striated Swallow

Hirundo striolata

1

1

1

 

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

2

2

2

 

Crested Finchbill 

Spizixos canifrons

1

     

Striated Bulbul

Pycnonotus striatus

1

     

Black-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus atriceps

 

p

1

 

Black-crested Bulbul

Pycnonotus melanicterus

2

2

1

 

Red Whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

1

1

1

 

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

1

1

   

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus aungaster

1

1

   

Falvescent Bulbul

Pycnonotus flavescens

2

2

   

Puff-throated Bulbul

Alophoixus pallidus

1

1

1

 

Grey-eyed Bulbul

Iole proponqua

2

2

1

 

Ashy Bulbul

Hemixos flsvsia

1

1

2

 

Mountain Bulbul

Hypsipetes mcclellandii

1

1

2

 

Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucucephalus

1

1

1

 

Hill Prinia

Prinia atrogularis

1

1

   

Rufescent Prinia

Prinia rufescens

1

1

1

 

Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsoni

1

1

1

 

Plain Prinia

Prinia inomata

   

1

 

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

1

1

   

Oriental White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

1

1

1

 

Japanese White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

1

1

1

 

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Tesia castaneocoronata

p

     

Slaty-bellied Tesia

Tesia olivea

2

     

 Grey-bellied Tesia

Tesia cyaniventer

   

3

 

Asian Stubtail

Urosphena subulata

1

2

1

 

Russet Bush Warbler

Bradypterus seebohmi

1

     

Lanceolated Warbler

Lucustella lanceolata

   

P

 

Mountain Tailorbird

Orthotomus cuculatus

1

     

 Common Tailorbird

 Orthoromus sutorius

1

1

1

 

Dark-necked Tailorbird

Orthotomus atrogularis

2

 

1

 

Dusky Warbler

Phylloscopus fuscatus

   

1