Roy Smith: Hong Kong Life List HKBWS, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 276 of 276 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica 1 3 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser Yes 0 0 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 1 3 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Yes 0 0 6 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Yes 4 14 7 Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Yes 1 3 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 2 7 9 Philippine Duck Anas luzonica Yes 0 0 10 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 2 7 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Yes 0 0 12 Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri 3 11 13 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 14 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 15 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Yes 0 0 16 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 3 11 17 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka 4 14 18 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 4 14 19 Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis 2 7 20 Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus Yes 0 0 21 Common Swift Apus apus Yes 1 3 22 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus 5 18 23 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Yes 0 0 24 Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis 0 0 25 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris Yes 0 0 26 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides 4 14 27 Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus 0 0 28 Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor 1 3 29 Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Yes 0 0 30 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus 3 11 31 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Yes 0 0 32 Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall Yes 0 0 33 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus Yes 0 0 34 Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra Yes 1 3 35 Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus Yes 0 0 36 White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii Yes 0 0 37 Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae 1 3 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Yes 0 0 39 Brown Crake Zapornia akool Yes 3 11 40 Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides 3 11 41 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus Yes 0 0 42 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea 5 18 43 Common Crane Grus grus Yes 0 0 44 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Yes 0 0 45 Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki 0 0 46 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator 1 3 47 Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris Yes 0 0 48 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Yes 0 0 49 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Yes 0 0 50 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Yes 2 7 51 Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus Yes 1 3 52 Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus 4 14 53 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons 3 11 54 White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus 2 7 55 Little Curlew Numenius minutus 3 11 56 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 5 18 57 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 4 14 58 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala 6 22 59 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 9 33 60 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Yes 0 0 61 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 0 0 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 6 22 63 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Yes 0 0 64 Little Stint Calidris minuta 5 18 65 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 2 7 66 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea Yes 0 0 67 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Yes 1 3 68 Black Noddy Anous minutus Yes 0 0 69 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus 3 11 70 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 71 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus 6 22 72 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 7 25 73 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 1 3 74 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Yes 0 0 75 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 0 0 76 Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi 13 48 77 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 78 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 4 14 79 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 80 Common Gull Larus canus 2 7 81 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus Yes 0 0 82 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Yes 0 0 83 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Yes 0 0 84 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 1 3 85 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 4 14 86 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 7 87 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Yes 0 0 88 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Yes 0 0 89 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus 0 0 90 Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume Yes 0 0 91 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Yes 0 0 92 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Yes 0 0 93 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 94 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 95 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 96 Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica Yes 0 0 97 Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas 1 3 98 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica Yes 0 0 99 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 100 Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Yes 0 0 101 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 102 Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 0 0 103 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 3 11 104 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Yes 1 3 105 Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Yes 0 0 106 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 107 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 1 3 108 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Yes 0 0 109 Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus Yes 1 3 110 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus 5 18 111 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 2 7 112 Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis 3 11 113 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus 4 14 114 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus 2 7 115 Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Yes 0 0 116 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus 5 18 117 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 1 3 118 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes 4 14 119 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 1 3 120 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 121 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis Yes 0 0 122 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Yes 0 0 123 Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis 7 25 124 Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis 5 18 125 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 3 11 126 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 127 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Yes 0 0 128 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Yes 0 0 129 Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos 3 11 130 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Yes 0 0 131 Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris Yes 1 3 132 Northern Boobook Ninox japonica 3 11 133 Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei Yes 0 0 134 Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus Yes 0 0 135 Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia 5 18 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Yes 0 0 137 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 2 7 138 Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis 1 3 139 Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica 2 7 140 European Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 141 Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda Yes 0 0 142 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Yes 0 0 143 Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca Yes 0 0 144 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris 1 3 145 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus 4 14 146 Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis 0 0 147 Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber 2 7 148 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus Yes 0 0 149 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 0 0 150 Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus Yes 0 0 151 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 4 14 152 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 7 25 153 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11 40 154 Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis Yes 0 0 155 Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha 2 7 156 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus Yes 0 0 157 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus 6 22 158 Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae Yes 0 0 159 Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis 2 7 160 Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus Yes 1 3 161 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei Yes 0 0 162 Silver Oriole Oriolus mellianus Yes 0 0 163 Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens Yes 0 0 164 Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus 1 3 165 Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus Yes 0 0 166 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Yes 3 11 167 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae 6 22 168 Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus Yes 1 3 169 House Crow Corvus splendens 3 11 170 Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica Yes 1 3 171 Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps Yes 0 0 172 Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus Yes 1 3 173 Varied Tit Sittiparus varius Yes 0 0 174 Japanese Tit Parus minor Yes 3 11 175 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula 4 14 176 Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis Yes 0 0 177 Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis Yes 0 0 178 Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei 0 0 179 Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis Yes 1 3 180 Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis Yes 0 0 181 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica Yes 0 0 182 Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes Yes 2 7 183 Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus Yes 2 7 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Yes 1 3 185 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei 1 3 186 Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis Yes 0 0 187 Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii 3 11 188 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 3 11 189 Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis Yes 0 0 190 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Yes 0 0 191 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Yes 1 3 192 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus 5 18 193 Ijima's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae Yes 0 0 194 White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius 1 3 195 Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus Yes 0 0 196 Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini Yes 1 3 197 Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis Yes 1 3 198 Emei Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus emeiensis Yes 1 3 199 Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides 0 0 200 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes 7 25 201 Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas Yes 0 0 202 Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti 1 3 203 Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni 2 7 204 Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti Yes 0 0 205 Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens Yes 0 0 206 Manchurian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum 2 7 207 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola 0 0 208 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 209 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon 2 7 210 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 211 Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri Yes 0 0 212 Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis Yes 2 7 213 Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes pleskei 5 18 214 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata 3 11 215 Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris 0 0 216 Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia Yes 0 0 217 Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli 0 0 218 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Yes 0 0 219 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana 4 14 220 Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta Yes 0 0 221 Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus 2 7 222 Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus 3 11 223 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Yes 0 0 224 Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus 2 7 225 Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis 2 7 226 Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica Yes 1 3 227 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Yes 1 3 228 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica 0 0 229 Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis Yes 0 0 230 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 231 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus 4 14 232 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 1 3 233 Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea 4 14 234 Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui 0 0 235 Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi 2 7 236 Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis Yes 0 0 237 Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans Yes 0 0 238 Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus 1 3 239 Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei Yes 0 0 240 White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura 1 3 241 Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris 1 3 242 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane 1 3 243 Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige 2 7 244 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia 3 11 245 Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae 2 7 246 Ryukyu Flycatcher Ficedula owstoni Yes 0 0 247 Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus Yes 0 0 248 Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris Yes 0 0 249 Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 250 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 251 Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum 1 3 252 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus 5 18 253 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Yes 0 0 254 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus 3 11 255 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla Yes 2 7 256 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus 5 18 257 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Yes 0 0 258 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 259 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Yes 1 3 260 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi 3 11 261 Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus Yes 0 0 262 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 0 0 263 Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus 3 11 264 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 265 Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata Yes 1 3 266 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Yes 0 0 267 Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami 4 14 268 Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni Yes 0 0 269 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 270 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Yes 0 0 271 Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans Yes 1 3 272 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 273 Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata 3 11 274 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 2 7 275 Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis Yes 0 0 276 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 1 3