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21.15.2.2 Common Bird Visitors’ List
Little egret (a winter visitor to Borneo), little
heron (a winter visitor from the mainland of
Asia), white-winged tern (a common migrant
and winter visitor throughout Greater Sunda
Islands), black-crowned night heron (a nonbreeding visitor to Sumatra and North Borneo),
white-breasted waterhen (a common resident),
marsh sandpiper (a winter visitor from Siberia
and China), common moorhen (a common
breeding bird in marshy environments and
well-vegetated lakes outside Antarctica and
Australasia), etc.
21.15.2.3 Rare Sighting List
Lesser adjutant stork (a resident breeder in
Southern Asia), rufous night heron, etc.
21.15.2.4 Year-Round Residents’ List
Chinese crested myna, yellow-vented bulbul,
yellow-bellied prinia, (Prinia), magpie robin,
Pacifi c swallow, spotted-necked dove, collared
kingfi sher, (tree kingfi sher), purple heron, green
pigeons, etc. Other mangrove wildlife includes
monitor lizards, fi ddler crabs, mudskippers,
weaver ants, butterfl ies and other insects, jellyfi sh,
water snakes, mud lobsters, etc.
21.15.3 Putrajaya Wetlands Park
This is believed to be the largest constructed freshwater wetland in Malaysia and in the tropics having
a total area of 200 ha (3.35 km
2
). Putrajaya
Wetlands consists of 24 wetland segments, wetland
parks (Taman Wetland) and the other wetland
areas. The wetland now is also a wildlife sanctuary
which attracts a huge variety of animals to the combined terrestrial–aquatic wetland environment.
Further, several species of local marshy land birds
and waterbirds including the little egret, the little
green heron and cinnamon bittern, and migratory
birds from northern hemisphere have been sighted.
21.16 Wetlands of Indonesia
Quite a large number of wetlands occur across
the length and breadth of Indonesia. However, a
brief account of a typical example is given below.
Plate 21.13 Tasek Bera Lake
21 Wetlands of Other Regions in Asia
21.15.2.2 Common Bird Visitors’ List
Little egret (a winter visitor to Borneo), little
heron (a winter visitor from the mainland of
Asia), white-winged tern (a common migrant
and winter visitor throughout Greater Sunda
Islands), black-crowned night heron (a nonbreeding visitor to Sumatra and North Borneo),
white-breasted waterhen (a common resident),
marsh sandpiper (a winter visitor from Siberia
and China), common moorhen (a common
breeding bird in marshy environments and
well-vegetated lakes outside Antarctica and
Australasia), etc.
21.15.2.3 Rare Sighting List
Lesser adjutant stork (a resident breeder in
Southern Asia), rufous night heron, etc.
21.15.2.4 Year-Round Residents’ List
Chinese crested myna, yellow-vented bulbul,
yellow-bellied prinia, (Prinia), magpie robin,
Pacifi c swallow, spotted-necked dove, collared
kingfi sher, (tree kingfi sher), purple heron, green
pigeons, etc. Other mangrove wildlife includes
monitor lizards, fi ddler crabs, mudskippers,
weaver ants, butterfl ies and other insects, jellyfi sh,
water snakes, mud lobsters, etc.
21.15.3 Putrajaya Wetlands Park
This is believed to be the largest constructed freshwater wetland in Malaysia and in the tropics having
a total area of 200 ha (3.35 km
2
). Putrajaya
Wetlands consists of 24 wetland segments, wetland
parks (Taman Wetland) and the other wetland
areas. The wetland now is also a wildlife sanctuary
which attracts a huge variety of animals to the combined terrestrial–aquatic wetland environment.
Further, several species of local marshy land birds
and waterbirds including the little egret, the little
green heron and cinnamon bittern, and migratory
birds from northern hemisphere have been sighted.
21.16 Wetlands of Indonesia
Quite a large number of wetlands occur across
the length and breadth of Indonesia. However, a
brief account of a typical example is given below.
Plate 21.13 Tasek Bera Lake
21 Wetlands of Other Regions in Asia