Bird records from Laos, October 1994-August 1995
Bird records from Laos, October 1994-August 1995
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2005
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J. Duckworth;R. Tizard;R. Timmins;R. Thewlis;W. Robichaud
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J. Duckworth;R. Tizard;R. Timmins;R. Thewlis;W. Robichaud
Between October 1994 and June 1995 birds were surveyed at six main areas in Laos, with incidental observations at many other sites extending until August 1995. Most effort was at four sites between 17°26' Nand 18°40' N (the Nakay Plateau, Phou Khaokhoay National Biodiversity Conservation Area (NBCA), Nam Kading NBCA and three nearby limestone outcrops), but there was extensive work on the Bolaven Plateau to the south and a brief visit to Phou Dendin NBCA in the extreme north. The latter is the first bird survey of a site much north of Vientiane since 1950. Information was collected for 15 Globally Threatened species and 28 Globally NearThreatened species (sensu Collar et al. 1994), nine species At Risk in Laos, seven potentially so and one where threats in Laos are little known (sensu Thewlis et aL in prep.). A further Globally Near-Threatened species was recorded provisionally. Records of Grey-sided Thrush Turdus ftae and Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala were the first for Indochina. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ftrruginea, Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus,Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus (from December 1995), Dunlin Calidris alpina, Long-toed Stint C subminutaand Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensiswere new to Laos and Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula to Cambodia. A total of 12 (plus one provisionally identified), nine and five (plus one provisionally identified) species were found new for North, Central and South Laos respectively. Most discussion concerns geographical distribution, but seasonality of occurrence and altitudinal ranges are also covered.