Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Bird Survey in Angkor Golf Resort

Hoopoe (Upupa epops)


A recent bird survey conducted by Sam Veasna center for Wildlife Conservation, reported that there are currently 70 different bird species nesting and feeding within Angkor Golf Resort.

Good environmental practices have encouraged local wildlife to inhabit Angkor Golf Resort which is seen as haven for local and migratory bird's and other mammals.

In October last year, Golf Legend Sir Nick Faldo took time out of his busy schedule to release soft shelled turtles, an endangered species into the lakes of Angkor Golf Resort.

The green oasis of Angkor Golf Resort attracts 'winter visitors' such as the Hoopoe and White wagtail, amongst other species.

Indigenous sugar palm's, uncultivated grasses and wetlands all provide wildlife corridors, whilst enhancing the beauty of this international golf course.

Complete bird survey record:


No English Name Scientific Name
1 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
2 Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
3 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
4 Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
5 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
6 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
7 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
8 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
9 Eastern cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
10 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
11 Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
12 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
13 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
14 Common Kestrel Falcon tinnunculus
15 Peregrine Falcon Falcon peregrinus
16 Little-ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
17 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
18 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
19 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
20 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
21 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
22 Red-collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
23 Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
24 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
25 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
26 Spotted Owlet Athene brama
27 Asian Palmswift Cypsiurus balasiensis
28 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
29 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
30 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
31 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
32 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
33 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
34 Coppersmith Barbet Menalaima haemacephala
35 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
36 Ashy Wood Swallow Artamus fuscus
37 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
38 Southern Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
39 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocecus
40 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
41 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
42 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
43 Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
44 Paddyfield Pitpit Anthus rfulus
45 Richard's Pitpit Anthus richardi
46 Eastern yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
47 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
48 White-vented Myna Acridotheres grandis
49 Black-collared Starling Sturnus nigricollis
50 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
51 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
52 Eastern Stonechat Saxicola mauras
53 Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
54 Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi
55 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
56 Barn Swallow Hirundos rustica
57 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
58 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
59 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
60 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
61 Nightjar species  
62 Crake species  
63 Idian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
64 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
65 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
66 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
67 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
68 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
69 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
70 Chesnut-tailed Starling Sturnus malabaricus