Winnie Poon: Hong Kong Life List HKBWS, All records Record(s) 1 to 343 of 343 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 10/11/2022 Sha Tin Race Course Two birds seen at 9:30am at close range; 6 observers, photos taken 2 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Yes 25/10/2016 Mai Po 3 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Hong Kong 4 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Yes 05/12/2021 Kam Tin, Ko Po Road river channel One male seen well. Duck not banded. 5 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Hong Kong 6 Garganey Spatula querquedula Hong Kong 7 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Hong Kong 10 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Hong Kong Seen Eurasian x American Wigeon hybrid. 11 Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha Hong Kong 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Pui O 14 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 15/11/2021 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 16 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Hong Kong 17 Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri Hong Kong 18 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Mai Po access road 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Hong Kong 20 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 16/11/1995 Mai Po 21 Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus Hong Kong All 'Hong Kong' under Location means is a lifer. 22 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka 08/11/2022 Ho Man Tin Sleeping on a tree branch 23 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Hong Kong 24 Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris 13/11/2021 Pui O 25 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Hong Kong 26 Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis Hong Kong 27 Common Swift Apus apus Yes 04/04/1996 Mai Po 1st HK record finder Paul Leader. 28 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Hong Kong 29 House Swift Apus nipalensis Hong Kong 30 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Hong Kong 31 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Hong Kong 32 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus Hong Kong 33 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Hong Kong 34 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Hong Kong 35 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Hong Kong 36 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Hong Kong 37 Rock Dove Columba livia 38 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Hong Kong 39 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Hong Kong 41 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis Hong Kong 42 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Inspirational Lake, Disneyland 43 Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus Hong Kong 44 Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata Hong Kong 45 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Hong Kong 46 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Hong Kong 47 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca 04/11/2020 Telford Garden 48 Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii Yes 08/05/2009 Hong Kong - HKU 49 Brown Crake Zapornia akool Yes 21/11/2022 She Shan Road section near Upper Tin Liu Ha Village, Tai Po Crake was well seen several times. Multiple photographers present. 50 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Hong Kong 51 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Hong Kong 52 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Hong Kong 53 Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus Yes 02/02/2017 Mai Po 54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Hong Kong 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Hong Kong 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Hong Kong 57 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Hong Kong 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Hong Kong 60 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Yes 13/03/1998 Hong Kong 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Hong Kong 62 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Hong Kong 63 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Hong Kong 64 Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus Hong Kong 65 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Hong Kong 66 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Hong Kong 67 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 68 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Hong Kong 69 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Hong Kong 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Hong Kong 71 Little Curlew Numenius minutus Hong Kong 72 Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Hong Kong 73 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Hong Kong 74 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Hong Kong 75 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Hong Kong 76 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Hong Kong 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Hong Kong 78 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Hong Kong 79 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Hong Kong 80 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Hong Kong 81 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Hong Kong 82 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 83 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Hong Kong 84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Hong Kong 85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Hong Kong 86 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Hong Kong 87 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Hong Kong 88 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Hong Kong 89 Common Redshank Tringa totanus Hong Kong 90 Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer Hong Kong 91 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Hong Kong 92 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Hong Kong 93 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Hong Kong 94 Red Knot Calidris canutus 95 Ruff Calidris pugnax 96 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Hong Kong 97 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Hong Kong 98 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Hong Kong 99 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Hong Kong 100 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Hong Kong 101 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Hong Kong 102 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea Hong Kong 103 Sanderling Calidris alba 104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 107 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Hong Kong 108 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus 19/08/1995 Pelagic 109 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Hong Kong 110 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Hong Kong 111 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Hong Kong 112 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 113 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Hong Kong 114 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Hong Kong 115 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 116 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Hong Kong 117 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Hong Kong 118 Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi Hong Kong 119 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Hong Kong 120 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Hong Kong 121 Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Hong Kong 122 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Hong Kong 123 Vega Gull Larus vegae Hong Kong 124 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 125 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Hong Kong 126 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 14/11/1995 Plover Cove 127 Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana Yes 07/02/1996 Mai Po 128 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Yes 29/12/2021 Cheung Chau One sub-adult 129 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 16/09/2022 Cheung Chau waters One adult male on the sea buoy marked Cheung Chau 130 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Hong Kong 131 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Hong Kong 132 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Hong Kong 133 Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor Hong Kong 134 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Hong Kong 135 Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis Po Toi 136 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus 09/11/2022 Jordan Valley Channel one immature, many observers 137 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Hong Kong 138 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 139 Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi Yes 29/11/2019 Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung East C.P, NT, Hong Kong 140 Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Hong Kong 141 Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes Hong Kong 142 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Hong Kong 143 Striated Heron Butorides striata Hong Kong 144 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Hong Kong 145 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 146 Great Egret Ardea alba 147 Medium Egret Ardea intermedia Hong Kong 148 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Hong Kong 149 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Hong Kong 150 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Hong Kong 151 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 152 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 153 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Hong Kong 154 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga Hong Kong 155 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Yes 24/12/2021 Mai Po Pond 23 A three eagles day - adult Greater Spotted Eagle in pond 24 earlier, then pond 23 juvenile Steppe Eagle and adult Imperial Eagle each on a tree. 156 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Hong Kong 157 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata Hong Kong 158 Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus Hong Kong 159 Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis Hong Kong 160 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Hong Kong 161 Black Kite Milvus migrans Hong Kong 162 White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster Hong Kong 163 Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus 164 Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus Hong Kong 165 Northern Boobook Ninox japonica Hong Kong 166 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides Hong Kong 167 Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia 30/11/2021 Lamma Island Juvenile, spp.stictonotus 168 Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia Hong Kong 169 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 18/10/2022 Pui O 3 birds seen 170 Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Hong Kong 171 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Hong Kong 172 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Hong Kong 173 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Hong Kong 174 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Hong Kong 175 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus Hong Kong 176 Great Barbet Psilopogon virens Hong Kong 177 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Hong Kong 178 Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus 15/12/2021 Pak Sha O 179 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis Hong Kong 180 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Hong Kong 181 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Hong Kong 182 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 183 Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea 184 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria Hong Kong 185 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Hong Kong 186 Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris Hong Kong 187 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus Hong Kong 188 Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus Yes 03/05/1998 Hong Kong 189 Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos Hong Kong 190 White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca Tai Po Kau 191 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Hong Kong 192 Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Hong Kong 193 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Hong Kong 194 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Hong Kong 195 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea Hong Kong 196 Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei Hong Kong 197 Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata Hong Kong 198 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Hong Kong 199 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Hong Kong 200 Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus 201 Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha Hong Kong 202 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae 203 Oriental Magpie Pica serica Hong Kong 204 House Crow Corvus splendens Hong Kong 205 Collared Crow Corvus torquatus Hong Kong 206 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Hong Kong 207 Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis Hong Kong 208 Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus Yes 11/11/1995 Hong Kong 209 Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus Hong Kong 210 Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus Hong Kong 211 Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus Hong Kong 212 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula Hong Kong 213 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Hong Kong 214 Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus 215 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus 216 Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis Hong Kong 217 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Hong Kong 218 Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster Hong Kong 219 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 220 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 221 Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum 13/11/2021 Pui O 222 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Hong Kong 223 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 224 Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians 28/11/2020 Telford Garden 225 Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes 04/12/2021 Near Inspiraton Lake, Disneyland 226 Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps 227 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Hong Kong 228 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 229 Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii 23/12/2021 Pui O 230 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Hong Kong 231 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes 232 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Hong Kong 233 Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti Hong Kong 234 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis 235 Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps 236 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon 237 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 15/11/2021 Fung Lok Wai, NT 238 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola 03/02/2017 Telford Garden 239 Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis Yes 04/11/2020 Telford Garden 240 Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes pleskei 25/09/2022 Telford Garden 241 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Hong Kong 242 Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi Yes 03/02/2017 Telford Garden 243 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Hong Kong 244 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis Hong Kong 245 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris Hong Kong 246 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata Hong Kong 247 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Hong Kong 248 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana 249 Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola Hong Kong 250 Swinhoe's White-eye Zosterops simplex Hong Kong 251 Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps 252 Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis Hong Kong 253 Chinese Grassbird Graminicola striatus 28/09/1995 Tai Mo Shan 254 Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti Hong Kong 255 Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera Hong Kong 256 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Hong Kong 257 Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus Hong Kong 258 Black-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus chinensis Hong Kong 259 White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio 260 Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus Hong Kong 261 Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis 262 Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus Hong Kong Tai Mo Shan 263 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis Hong Kong 264 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus Hong Kong 265 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Hong Kong 266 Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus Hong Kong 267 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus Hong Kong 268 Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis Hong Kong 269 White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis Hong Kong 270 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica Yes 28/10/1995 Hong Kong 271 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Hong Kong 272 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Hong Kong 273 Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina Hong Kong 274 Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus Hong Kong 275 Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis 276 Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum 277 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Hong Kong 278 Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus Hong Kong 279 Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus 280 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Hong Kong 281 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 03/01/2012 Hong Kong Airport 282 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis Hong Kong 283 Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta Hong Kong 284 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Hong Kong 285 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Hong Kong 286 Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi Hong Kong 287 Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana Hong Kong 288 Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus Hong Kong 289 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Hong Kong 290 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Hong Kong 291 Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus Hong Kong 292 Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus Hong Kong 293 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Hong Kong 294 Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae Hong Kong 295 Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina Hong Kong 296 Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki Hong Kong 297 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata Hong Kong 298 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 299 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Hong Kong 300 Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus Hong Kong 301 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Hong Kong 302 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Hong Kong 303 Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus 304 Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Hong Kong 305 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii Hong Kong Greyish-crowned Leafbird (lazulina). 306 Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum Hong Kong 307 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus Hong Kong 308 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum Hong Kong 309 Ornate Sunbird Cinnyris ornatus 26/12/2021 Hutchison Park, Hung Hom One adult male in eclipse 310 Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae Hong Kong 311 Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae Hong Kong 312 Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus Yes 02/04/1996 not remember 313 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Hong Kong 314 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus Hong Kong 315 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Hong Kong 316 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata Hong Kong 317 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla Yes 09/08/1995 Hong Kong Kowloon Park 318 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Hong Kong 319 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Hong Kong 320 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Hong Kong 321 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Hong Kong 322 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Hong Kong 323 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Hong Kong 324 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Hong Kong 325 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Hong Kong 326 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Hong Kong 327 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Hong Kong 328 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Yes 05/12/2008 Hong Kong - Kadoorie Farm 329 Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria Hong Kong 330 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Shek Kong airfield road 331 Grey-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica 26/12/2021 Ho Sheung Heung, NT 332 Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami 08/05/1996 Hong Kong - Tai Mo Shan 333 Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami Hong Kong 334 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Hong Kong 335 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Hong Kong 336 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Hong Kong 337 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 21/12/1995 Hong Kong - Kowloon Park 338 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Hong Kong 339 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Hong Kong 340 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Hong Kong 341 Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata Hong Kong 342 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Hong Kong spp.sordida seen on 22 Nov 1995 343 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 01/05/1996 Hong Kong