A Bird List for Koh Phra Thong (Golden Buddha Island)*

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Common NameScientific NameStatus/Location
Little CormorantPhalacrocora carboRare
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchusCommon
Pacific Reef-EgretEgretta sacra

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Little EgretEgretta garzettaRare
Little HeronButorides striatusRare
Asian Open-billed StorkAnastomus oscitansRare
Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicusRare
OspreyPandion haliaetus

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Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleus

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Black KiteMilvus migrans

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Brahminy KiteHaliastur indusCommon*
Black BazaAviceda leuphotesCommon*
ShikraAccipter badius

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Japanese SparrowhawkAccipiter gularis

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Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus

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White-bellied Sea EagleHaliaetus leucogasterCommon*
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus-

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Eastern Marsh-HarrierCircus spilonotus

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Peregrine falconFalco peregrinus

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Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator

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White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurusCommon
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicusCommon
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva

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Kentish PloverCharadrius aleandrinusRare
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusRare
Common SandpiperActis hypoleucosRare
Pintail SnipePsittacula aleandri

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Black-naped ternSterna sumatranaRare
Thick-billed PigeonTreron sieboldii

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Orange-breasted PigeonTreton bicincta

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Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensisCommon*
Zebra DoveGeopelia striataCommon*
Emerald DoveChalcophaps indicaRare
Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula aleandriRare
Vernal Hanging ParrotLoriculus vernalis

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Oriental CuckooCuculus sturatus

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Common KoelEudynamys scolopacea

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Red-billed MalkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis

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Greater CoucalCentropus sinensisCommon
Brown Fish-OwlKetupa zeylonensisRare
Buffy Fish OwlKetupa ketupu

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Great-eared NightjarEustopocus macrotisCommon
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisCommon
Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromandaRare
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisCommon*
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataCommon
Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaultiCommon*
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinusRare
Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridisRare
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisRare
DollarbirdEurystomus orientalisCommon*
HoopoeUpupa epopsCommon*
Oriental Pied HornbillAnthracoceros albirostrisCommon*
Blue-eared BarbetMegalaima australisRare
Coppersmith BarbetMegalaima haemacephala

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Greater Flamebacked WoodChrysocolaptes lucidusCommon*
Common FlamebackDinopium javanense

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Bamboo WoodpeckerGecinulus viridus

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Laced WoodpeckerPiccus vittatus

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Streak-breasted WoodpeckerPicus viridanus

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Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canusCommon
Grey-capped WoodpeckerPicoides canicapillusCommon
Hooded PittaPitta sordidaRare
Edible-Nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus

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Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris

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White-billed SwiftletCollocalia esculenta 
Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensisCommon
Pacific SwiftApus pacificus

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Brown needle tailHirundapus giganteus

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Grey-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne lonipennis

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Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaCommon
Pacific SwallowHirundu rusticaCommon
Richard's PipitAnthus novaeseelandiaeCommon
Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicusCommon*
Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatusRare
Green IoraAegithina viridissimaRare
Common IoraAegithina tiphia

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Lesser LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon

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Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoniCommon
Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavierCommon*
Olive-winged BulbulPycnonotus plumosus

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Streak-eared BulbulPycnonotus blanfordiCommon
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusCommon*
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeusCommon
Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remifer

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Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseusCommon*
Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisCommon*
Asian Fairy BluebirdIrena puella

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Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchosCommon*
Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalisCommon
Inornate WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusRare
Common tailorbirdOrthotomus sutoriusRare
Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisCommon
Oriental Magpie RobinCopsychus saularisCommon*
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricusCommon*
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitariusCommon
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola philippensisCommon
Orange-headed ThrushZoothera citrina

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Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica

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Brown-streaked FlycatcherMuscipcapa williamsoni

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Asian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi

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Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusCommon
Philippine Glossy StarlingAplonis panyensis

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Purple-backed StarlingSurnus sturninus

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Common MynaAcridotheres tristisCommon*
Hill MynaGracula religiosaCommon
Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis

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Ruby-cheeked SunbirdAnthreptus singalensis

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Olive-backed SunbirdNectarinia jugularisCommon*
Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja

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Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma

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Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumCommon
*The list above shows bird sightings at Golden Buddha Beach (Phra Thong Island) and Ra islands in Kuraburi, PhangNga, Thailand. This list was provided by Cindi and Tom Nevins, who are among the many avid bird watchers who visit Golden Buddha Beach.
 

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"Golden Buddha Beach Resort is a paradise for all in need of a break & wanting to escape civilization. A real Zen place!"
Laurent Ganguillet, Switzerland and Thailand, March 2007

"We booked for 8 days and ended up staying 16! Walking onto the beach and seeing no one else for possibly 5 km in either direction was extraordinary. It has been fantastic; the best holiday ever."
Tim Finney, United Kingdom, February 2008

 

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