Species seen during our trip to Cambodia. We tried to combine temple and sightseeing with a few nature trips. We hired an autorickshaw for the day to tour round Angkor Wat, and all the nature trips were organised in advance through the Sam Veasna Center . They provided a 4 x 4 with a guide and driver who took us to ATT, Prek Toal, the Florican grasslands, and Kratie ending up at Phnom Penh. We then hired a private taxi for the journey from Phnom Penh to Kep which saved hours of messing about with buses. Private taxi back to PP then an internal flight back to Siem Reap
ATT = Ang Trapaeng Thmor Sarus crane reserve (approx 3 hours north of Siem Reap)
AW = Angkpor Wat temple complex
K = Kratie (a short boat trip to see the River Dolphins and Mekong Wagtail)
KP = Kep
KT = Florican grasslands north of Kompong Thom (near a village called Lveng Russei)
PK = Prek Toal bird reserve (across Tonle Sap lake)
PP = Phnom Penh city
SR = Siem Reap
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | ATT | ||
Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | ATT | ||
Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | PK | ||
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | PK | ||
Little Cormorant | Phalacrocorax niger | PK | ||
Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | PK | ||
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | ATT | ||
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | ATT | ||
Eastern Great Egret | Ardea modesta | ATT | ||
Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | ATT | ||
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | AW | ||
Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | ATT | ||
Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | ATT | ||
Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | ATT | ||
Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | ATT | ||
Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | PK | ||
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | PK | ||
Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | PK | ||
Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | PK | ||
Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | PK | ||
Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | ATT | ||
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | ATT | ||
Cotton Pygmy-goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | ATT | ||
Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | K | ||
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | ATT | ||
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | PK | ||
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | PK | ||
Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Circus spilonotus | ATT | ||
Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | ATT | ||
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | AW | ||
Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | ATT | ||
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | KP | ||
Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | KT | ||
Sarus Crane | Grus antigone | ATT | sharpii race |
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Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | ATT | ||
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | PK | ||
Bengal Florican | Houbaropsis bengalensis | KT | ||
Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | ATT | ||
Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | ATT | ||
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | ATT | ||
Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | K | ||
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | ATT | ||
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | K | ||
Brown-headed Gull | Larus brunnicephalus | PK | ||
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | K | ||
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | SR | ||
Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | ATT | ||
Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | PK | ||
Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | ATT | Feral in Siem Reap |
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Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | ATT | ||
Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | ATT | ||
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | ATT | ||
Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | PK | ||
Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | PK | ||
German's Swiftlet | Collocalia germani | KP | ||
Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis | AW | ||
Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | AW | ||
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | KP | ||
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | ATT | ||
Black-backed Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | ATT | ||
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | AW | ||
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | ATT | ||
Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | KT | ||
Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | SR | ||
Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | AT | ||
Lineated Barbet | Megalaima lineata | ATT | ||
Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | SR | ||
Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | KT | ||
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | ATT | ||
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | AW | ||
Grey-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | AW | ||
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | KP | ||
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | AW | ||
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | KT | ||
Mekong Wagtail | Motacilla samveasnae | K | Newly described |
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Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | PP | Recent split from Yellow Wagtail |
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Black-crested Bulbul | Pycnonotus melanicterus | KP | ||
Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | KP | ||
Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | SR | ||
Streak-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus blanfordi | SR | ||
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | KT | ||
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | KT | ||
Oriental Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | ATT | ||
Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | SR | ||
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | K | ||
Two-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus plumbeitarus | KP | Split from Greenish Warbler |
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Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | K | ||
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | KP | ||
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | AW | Split from Red-breasted Flycatcher |
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Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | PK | ||
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maura | ATT | ||
Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | KT | ||
Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | PK | ||
Plain-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | KP | ||
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | AW | ||
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | PP | ||
Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | KP | ||
Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | KP | ||
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | ATT | ||
Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | SR | ||
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | AW | ||
Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | ATT | ||
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | KP | ||
Racket-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | K | ||
Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | KP | ||
White-vented Myna | Acridotheres grandis | AW | ||
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | AW | ||
Black-collared Starling | Gracupica nigricollis | ATT | ||
Plain-backed Sparrow | Passer flaveolus | ATT | ||
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | SR | ||
Nutmeg Mannikin | Lonchura punctulata | ATT |
I've tried to follow the IOC naming conventions including the recent splits.
Other notable sightings were hundreds of Fruit Bats in Siem Reap and the River Dolphins in Kratie.