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Great video! Very informative. Will surely visit this place. Had been hearing the Plaintive Cuckoo since I came to Bangkok in 2008. No one could tell me what bird made that sound. Now I know!! 😊🙏
No, this was a special visit by this species. It does not usually occur there although the area along the canal between the two parks is the best for finding migrant birds.
Most of the footage of birds was shot in two visits to the area. I used a little bit of video from some other sites to increase the number of shots for some species.
I live in the southern province of Sri Lanka. Almost all the birds in this video were in my village about a decade ago. Later, all the forests were destroyed and oil palm was planted. Now there are very few birds and some birds are rarely seen. Not only did they lose their homes, but they also couldn't find food, so they migrated to other places. I feel a little happiness that they are well in this place. Thankyou for sharing this video ❤
That is areally sad to hear. Palm oil is a very destructive crop that no birds can live in. I see it here in Thailand too where they are now converting rice fields that are full of birds into palm oil plantations that have none.
No, it isn't. You have it completely wrong. Look at the IOC latest checklist online. The Common name is currently Green-legged Partridge (formerly Scaly-breasted Partridge) and scientific name Tropicoperdix chloropus. The bird in the video is the nominate subspecies.
@BirdingwithNick, there are actually 119 extant genera of gamebirds (order Galliformes), the green-legged rohutan along with the annam rohutan both now belong to the genus Viridipes with their scientific names now being Viridipes chloropus and Viridipes merlini respectively, while the Tropicoperdix genus is restricted only to both the chestnut-necklaced rohutan (Tropicoperdix charltonii) and sabah rohutan (Tropicoperdix graydoni), it's actually called a rohutan because it is not a partridge.
No, this is at complete contradiction to the latest updates from the IOC - www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ioc-lists/master-list-2/ - which is the most widely used taxonomy by ornitholigists. I do not know where you get your information from, I have asked many times for a reference to enlighten us but you never supply one, instead regurgitating information that isn't helpful. Ebird does not agree with your information and a search of scientific papers comes up with no results for the scientific names you are using. I am sure we would all love to know your source of information.
A great video, many thanks Nick. We are not long back from a short trip to Bangkok and I managed to see most of the birds you featured. I also went to the tower and saw nothing! We just have to go back, the whole trip was enchanting. Subscribed!
I don't remember seeing any snakes but I did witness an amazing monitor lizard fight. Hope you enjoy Sri Lanka, it's a great place and I will definitely go back.
Baikal teal is always a superb bird, whether there is just one of them or a whole flock. In the process of finalising arrangements for the next tour I lead in South Korea in Jan 2024 right now.
Swinemoor, down near the River Hull at Beverley. There was loads of people came to see it. It was there for several weeks. Currently there is a pair of Chinese geese down there. Obviously released or escaped from somewhere.
Goodness gracious. I birding Swinemoor a lot between 2004-2007 when I was studying at Bishop Burton College. I found my first Pectoral Sandpiper there, Marsh Warbler and lots of interesting pasage waders each spring and autumn.
No it is not. Tantalus is an old term iused for the genus of Painted Stork, Mycteria is the genus used by all current modern taxonomies. Download IOC's latest checklist for current taxonomy - www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ioc-lists/master-list-2/
@BirdingwithNick, actually, the Mycteria genus is polyphyletic, it is now redefined as an exclusively New World genus that contains just one extant species being the Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), whereas the three species endemic to the Old World that are fairly similar to each other being the yellow-billed stork, painted stork, and milky stork all belong to the genus Tantulus, where their scientific names are now Tantulus ibis, Tantulus leucocephalus, and Tantulus cinereus respectively, to be fair, there are actually now twelve extant genera of storks (family Ciconiidae): Mycteria, Tantulus, Xenorhynchus, Ephippiorhynchus, Jabiru, Leptoptilos, Sphenorhynchus, Anastomus, Paraciconia, Dissoura, Exenura, and Ciconia, Mycteria contains only one extant species: the Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), Tantulus contains three extant species: the Yellow-Billed Stork (Tantulus ibis), the Painted Stork (Tantulus leucocephalus), and the Milky Stork (Tantulus cinereus), Xenorhynchus contains one extant species: the Black-Necked Stork (Xenorhynchus asiaticus), Ephippiorhynchus contains one extant species: the Saddle-Billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Jabiru contains one extant species: the Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria), Leptoptilos contains three extant species: the Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), the Greater Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos dubius), and the Lesser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos javanicus), Sphenorhynchus contains one extant species: the Abdim's Stork (Sphenorhynchus abdimii), Anastomus contains two extant species: the Asiatic Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans) and the African Openbill Stork (Anastomus lamelligerus), Paraciconia contains two extant species: the Oriental Stork (Paraciconia boyciana) and the Storm's Stork (Paraciconia stormi), Dissoura contains two extant species: the Asiatic Woolly-Necked Stork (Dissoura episcopus) and the African Woolly-Necked Stork (Dissoura microscelis), Exenura contains one extant species: the Maguari Stork (Exenura maguari), and Ciconia contains two extant species: the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) and the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra).
@BirdingwithNick, like I said, there are actually now twelve extant genera of storks (family Ciconiidae): Mycteria, Tantulus, Xenorhynchus, Ephippiorhynchus, Jabiru, Leptoptilos, Sphenorhynchus, Anastomus, Paraciconia, Dissoura, Exenura, and Ciconia, Mycteria contains only one extant species: the Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), Tantulus contains three extant species: the Yellow-Billed Stork (Tantulus ibis), the Painted Stork (Tantulus leucocephalus), and the Milky Stork (Tantulus cinereus), Xenorhynchus contains one extant species: the Black-Necked Stork (Xenorhynchus asiaticus), Ephippiorhynchus contains one extant species: the Saddle-Billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Jabiru contains one extant species: the Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria), Leptoptilos contains three extant species: the Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), the Greater Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos dubius), and the Lesser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos javanicus), Sphenorhynchus contains one extant species: the Abdim's Stork (Sphenorhynchus abdimii), Anastomus contains two extant species: the Asiatic Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans) and the African Openbill Stork (Anastomus lamelligerus), Paraciconia contains two extant species: the Oriental Stork (Paraciconia boyciana) and the Storm's Stork (Paraciconia stormi), Dissoura contains two extant species: the Asiatic Woolly-Necked Stork (Dissoura episcopus) and the African Woolly-Necked Stork (Dissoura microscelis), Exenura contains one extant species: the Maguari Stork (Exenura maguari), and Ciconia contains two extant species: the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) and the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra).
No, it was placed in the genus Casmerodius by some checklists around ten years or so ago but has been put back in Ardea in up to date taxonomies - www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ioc-lists/master-list-2/ - of course this may change again at a later date.
@BirdingwithNick, actually, the Ardea genus is polyphyletic, it now only contains the Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), while other species have been moved to different genera, like Casmerodius for both the Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) and the Intermediate Egret (Casmerodius intermedius), Herodius for both the Great Blue Heron (Herodius herodias) and the Cocoi Heron (Herodius cocoi), Tropicodius for the White-Necked Heron (Tropicodius pacificus), Dryoherodius for both the White-Bellied Heron (Dryoherodius insignis) and the Great-Billed Heron (Dryoherodius sumatranus), and Megalornis for the Purple Heron (Megalornis purpureus), the Goliath Heron (Megalornis goliath), the Black-Headed Heron (Megalornis melanocephalus), and the Humbolt's Heron (Megalornis humbolti).
Completely???? You are only changing the genus here and the genus you are using is not that used by IOC which is the taxonomy used by the majority of the world's birders and ornithologists.
@BirdingwithNick, Actually, the genera Anser and Branta are polyphyletic, Branta now contains just a single extant species being the Brant Goose (Branta bernicla), whereas Anser now contains just two extant species being the Greylag Goose (Anser anser (cladistically including the Occidental Goose (Anser anser domesticus))) and the Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus), whereas many other species are relocated to different genera, which are Nesochen, Cygnopsis, Rufibrenta, Berniculus, Fabophagus, Sarriophagus, Chen, and Melanoleucocephalus, Nesochen contains a single extant species being the Hawaiian Goose (Nesochen sandvicensis), Cygnopsis contains a single extant species being the Swan Goose (Cygnopsis cygnoides (cladistically including the Oriental Goose (Cygnopsis cygnoides domesticus))), Rufibrenta contains a single extant species being the Red-Breasted Goose (Rufibrenta ruficollis), Berniculus contains a single extant species being the Barnacle Goose (Berniculus leucopsis), Fabophagus contains two extant species: the Taiga Bean Goose (Fabophagus fabilis) and the Tundra Bean Goose (Fabophagus serrirostris), Sarriophagus contains two extant species: the Greater White-Fronted Goose (Sarriophagus albifrons) and the Lesser White-Fronted Goose (Sarriophagus erythropus), Chen contains four extant species: the Bar-Headed Goose (Chen indicus), the Emperor Goose (Chen canagicus), the Ross's Goose (Chen rossii), and the Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), and Melanoleucocephalus contains two extant species: the Canada Goose (Melanoleucocephalus canadensis) and the Cackling Goose (Melanoleucocephalus hutchinsii), the hawaiian goose and swan goose are more closely related to each other, the red-breasted goose and barnacle goose are both more closely related to the greylag goose and pink-footed goose, and the bean geese (genus Fabophagus), white-fronted geese (genus Sarriophagus), and white geese (genus Chen) are more closely related to the black-and-white-headed geese (genus Melanoleucocephalus), whereas the brant goose is more distantly related from all the other groups.
@BirdingwithNick, the Lophura genus is now restricted to only the firebacks with only eight extant species: the Siamese Fireback (Lophura diardi), the Laotian Fireback (Lophura laotiensis), the Malayan Crestless Fireback (Lophura erythrophthalma), the Sumatran Crestless Fireback (Lophura sumatrana), the Bornean Crestless Fireback (Lophura pyronota), the Malayan Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa), the Sumatran Crested Fireback (Lophura indonesica), and the Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), while the other six species now belong to four separate genera, Euplocamus for both the Kalij Pheasant (Euplocamus leucomelanos) and the Silver Pheasant (Euplocamus nycthemerus), Gennecus for both the Edwards's Pheasant (Gennecus edwardsi) and the Swinhoe's Pheasant (Gennecus swinhoii), Tropicophasis for the Salvadori's Pheasant (Tropicophasis inornatus), and Lobiophasis for the Bulwer's Pheasant (Lobiophasis bulweri), the firebacks are much more closely related to the eared pheasants (genus Crossoptilon) than they are to the other four genera.
@BirdingwithNick, the Corvus genus is polyphyletic, it is now restricted to only the ravens, while all crow species now belong to the genus Necrophagus and the rook is now placed in the monotypic genus Rucus.
@BirdingwithNick, actually, the Podiceps genus is polyphyletic, seven extant species and a recently extinct species are all relocated to five separate genera, Potamopica for one extant species being the Red-Necked Grebe (Potamopica grisegena), Oreodytes for one extant species being the Hooded Grebe (Oreodytes gallardoi), Pliodytes for three recognized species being the Horned Grebe (Pliodytes auritus), the Eared Grebe (Pliodytes nigricollis), and the †Colombian Grebe (Pliodytes andinus), Dyas for two extant species being the Silvery Grebe (Dyas occipitalis) and the Junin Grebe (Dyas taczanowskii), and Podicephorus for one extant species being the Great Grebe (Podicephorus major), leaving the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) as the only extant member of the Podiceps genus.
That is not how it is viewed by the IOC. You can see their list in my comment above. Do you have a source for this information? It would be extremely useful to all who read this.
Wow! so close to the airport... but I suppose you'd need to get a taxi and ask him to come after a few hours, no way to rent a motorbike, or public transportation starting from the airport?
You are correct on all accounts there. It is not an easy place to visit if you are on a stopover or staying near the airport. There is car rental at the airport but no motorcycles as far as I know and not something I would recommend anyway given the traffic.
@@BirdingwithNick there’s a place where lots of birds land here in southern Spain, I guess some are enroute to Africa …. I’m going to rebut the place and take more interest in the birds. Last time I went, I was having to stop my springer going for a swim 🤦🏼♀️
Recently I have been back to UK where I videoed this Corn Bunting. On a sunny day in early November a few Corn Buntings were calling and masses of Skylarks were in song. Wonderful.
A recent study shows that black-breasted, black-necked, and ring-necked pheasants are actually three separate species instead of the same species, the Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans) has six recognized subspecies within two subspecies groups: the Phasianus elegans elegans group that contains the Rothschild's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans rothschildi), the Stone's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans elegans), and the Qinghai Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans vlangallii) and the Phasianus elegans principalis group that contains the White-Winged Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans chrysomelas), the Bianchi's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans bianchii), and the Prince of Wales's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans principalis), the Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) has twelve recognized subspecies within three subspecies groups: the Phasianus colchicus decollatus group that contains the Kweichow Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus decollatus) and the Sungpan Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis), the Phasianus colchicus tarimensis group that contains the Satchu Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis), the Gangdisi Shan Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus gangdisishanensis), the Tarim Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus tarimensis), and the Yarkland Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus shawii), and the Phasianus colchicus colchicus group that contains the Amu-Darya Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi), the Persian Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus persicus), the Talisch Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus talischensis), the Caucasian Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus colchicus), the Turkish Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus turcicus), and the Caspian Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis), and the Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus) has eighteen recognized subspecies within five subspecies groups: the Phasianus torquatus sohokhotensis group that contains the Strauch's Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus strauchi), the Sohokhoto Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus sohokhotensis), and the Alashan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus alaschanicus), the Phasianus torquatus torquatus group that contains the Tonkinese Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus takatsukasae), the Shandong Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus shandongensis), the Sichuan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus torquatus), the Hainan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus hainanus), and the Formosan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus formosanus), the Phasianus torquatus karpowi group that contains the Shansi Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus kiangsuensis), the Mandarin Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus liaoningensis), the Manchurian Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus pallasi), and the Korean Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus karpowi), the Phasianus torquatus hagenbecki group that contains the Kobdo Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus hagenbecki) and the Ruo Shui Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus edzinensis), and the Phasianus torquatus mongolicus group that contains the Mongolian Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus mongolicus), the Zerafshan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus zerafschanicus), the Syr-Darya Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus turcestanicus), and the Aral Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus bergii), while all are three separate species, they are actually not each other's closest living relatives at all, the Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus) is more closely related to the Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), while the Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans) is the most basal living member of the genus Phasianus and the Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is the sister species to the split between the ring-necked and green pheasants to the exclusion of the black-breasted pheasant.
Very interesting ! I'm currently looking into travelling to Thailand. Birdwatching might be just the greatest past time :D Did all these birds turn up on the same day ? Do you go there very early ?
Very early is definitely key to birding in Thailand as it gets hot quickly, although most of this was between 7-10am. I did see all of these species in a single morning but it took several visits to video them.
