Birds of Yaklom Hill Lodge

More than 90 per cent of Yaklom Hill Lodge's land is covered with the forest canopy. And so the diversity of native plant species have been providing all year-round habitat and foods for small wildlife, such as birds. With our policy of “no hunting” in the lodge, all the birds and other wildlife here can have freedom of movement, and live here peacefully. This is witnessed by the increasing number of bird species.

With the start list of 23 species of birds made by 2 of our American guests, the bird list has now grown up to more than 60 species and is increasing. Many of our guests continually contributed to the list in terms of adding new species and/or confirming the existence of the birds earlier found.

The identification of bird species is mainly based on Craig Robson’s Birds of Southeast Asia bird book. Many of the species are residents while others are regular or seasonal visitors.

We understand that there are still many kinds of birds in the lodge areas that are not included in the list. The list is updated regularly.

Birds sighted in Yaklom Hill Lodge, Ratanakiri, Cambodia (Sighting between March 2005 to 12 March 2008)

No.- Common Name- (Scientific Name)

1. Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexsandri)2. Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis)

3. Black drongo (Dicrurus leunophaeus)

4. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)5. Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

6. Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)

7. Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azureo)8. Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)9. White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabanicus)10. Ashy Wood Swallow (Artamus fuscus)11. Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra)12. White-vented Myna (Acridotheres grandisz)13. Common Myna (A. tristis)

14. Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)

15. Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus)

16. Red-whiskered Bulbul (P. jocosus)

17. Stripe-throated Bulbul (P. finlaysoni)

18. Little Spider Hunter (Arachnothera longirostra)

19. Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)

20. Arctic warbler (P. borealis)

21. Bar wing Flycatcher Shrike (Hemipus picatus)

22. Green-eared Barbet (Megalaima faiostricta)

23. Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis)

24. Chestnut-bellied (Nuthatcher Sitta castanea)

25. Larger Cuckoo Shrike (Coracina macei )

26. Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)

27. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea)

28. Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus ssp. Spadiceus)29. Hainan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)

30. Long-billed Spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta)

31. Greater Yellow Nape Woodpecker (Picus flavinucha)

32. White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)

33. Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi)

34. Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)

35. Andaman Drongp (Dicrurus andamanensis)

36. Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)

37. Bronze Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)

38. Ashy Drongo (D. leucophoeus)

39. Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus santhornus)

40. Radde’s Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)

41. Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike??

42. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)

43. White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis) Female seen

44. White-tailed Flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)

45. Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) Lineated Barbet??

46. Vinous-breasted Starling (Sturnus burmanicus) In large herd

47. Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)

48. Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) Lesser Green Leafbird??

49. Yellow-bellied Bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephala)

50. House Crow (Corvus splendeus)

51. Collared Myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)

52. Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)

53. Large Hawk Cuckoo (Hierococcyx spharverioides)

54. Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora )

55. Green-eared Barbet (Megalaima faiostricta)

56. Thick-Billed Green Pigeon (Treron currirostra)

57. Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus )

58. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)

59. Black-Throated Laughingthrush

60. Green-Tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)

61. Heart-Spotted Woodpecker (Hemicircus canerite)

62 Red-Vented Barbet (Megalaima lagrandieri)

63. Grey-Headed Canary Flycatcher (Culicicapa celonensis)64. Bay Woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)

65. Fulvous-Breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus macei )

Other groups (and more of the above) not identified to species may include :

1. Flycatchers
2. Doves
   1. Leafbirds
3. Quails
4. Cuckoos
5. Owls
6. Hawks
7. Swifts
8. Nuthatchers
9. Treecreepers
10. others unknown groups

For pictures of some of the birds, please have a look in our Facebook link : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=100000927369176&aid=38698

Yaklom Hill Lodge National Road #78, Phume Phnom Yaklom Commune, Ban Lung District, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia Tel. 011-790510, 011-725881, 097-6999146 Email : yaklom@camintel.com URL : www.yaklom.com