CHIANG SAEN AREA, MEKONG RIVER
THAILAND
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 550-630 |
| # Species*: | 245 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 245 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 0 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Lakeside, river edge, scrub, farmland | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | |
| 3 | Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 4 | /Common Shelduck/ | Tadorna tadorna | |
| 5 | /Mandarin Duck/ | Aix galericulata | |
| 6 | Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | |
| 7 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 8 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 9 | /Gadwall/ | Mareca strepera | |
| 10 | /Falcated Duck/ | Mareca falcata | |
| 11 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope | |
| 12 | /Indian Spot-billed Duck/ | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 13 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 14 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 15 | /Eurasian Teal/ | Anas crecca | |
| 16 | Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| 17 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | |
| 18 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca | |
| 19 | /Baer's Pochard/ | Aythya baeri | |
| 20 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula | |
| 21 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| 22 | Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
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| 23 | Chinese Francolin | Francolinus pintadeanus | |
| 24 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| 25 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 26 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 27 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| 28 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 29 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 30 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 31 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
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| 32 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 33 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 34 | Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
| 35 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 36 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
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| 37 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| 38 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| 39 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| 40 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| 41 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 42 | /Brown-cheeked Rail/ | Rallus indicus | |
| 43 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 44 | /Eurasian Coot/ | Fulica atra | |
| 45 | Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| 46 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea | |
| 47 | (Watercock) | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| 48 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 49 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
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| 50 | Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| 51 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | |
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| 52 | \Black-winged Stilt\ | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 53 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 54 | /Northern Lapwing/ | Vanellus vanellus | |
| 55 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | |
| 56 | /Gray-headed Lapwing/ | Vanellus cinereus | |
| 57 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| 58 | /Lesser Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 59 | /Kentish Plover/ | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 60 | Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 61 | /Long-billed Plover/ | Charadrius placidus | |
| 62 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
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| 63 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 64 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| 65 | Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
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| 66 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 67 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 68 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina | |
| 69 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 70 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura | |
| 71 | /Red-necked Phalarope/ | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 72 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 73 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 74 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus | |
| 75 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 76 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
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| 77 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 78 | (Oriental Pratincole) | Glareola maldivarum | |
| 79 | Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | |
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| 80 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 81 | /Brown-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| 82 | /Pallas's Gull/ | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| 83 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 84 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia | |
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| 85 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 86 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
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| 87 | /Great Cormorant/ | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 88 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 89 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 90 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea | |
| 91 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 92 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 93 | /Intermediate Egret/ | Ardea intermedia | |
| 94 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 95 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 96 | /Chinese Pond-Heron/ | Ardeola bacchus | |
| 97 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| 98 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 99 | Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | |
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| 100 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 101 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 102 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 103 | /Greater Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga clanga | |
| 104 | Rufous-winged Buzzard | Butastur liventer | |
| 105 | /Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 106 | /Eastern Marsh-Harrier/ | Circus spilonotus | |
| 107 | /Pied Harrier/ | Circus melanoleucos | |
| 108 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 109 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 110 | /Eurasian Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter nisus | |
| 111 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
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| 112 | Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| 113 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 114 | Collared Scops-Owl | Otus lettia | |
| 115 | Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
| 116 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
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| 117 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| 118 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 119 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 120 | /Black-capped Kingfisher/ | Halcyon pileata | |
| 121 | Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
| 122 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 123 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 124 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| 125 | Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | |
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| 126 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 127 | Lineated Barbet | Psilopogon lineatus | |
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| 128 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla | |
| 129 | White-browed Piculet | Sasia ochracea | |
| 130 | Freckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos analis | |
| 131 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 132 | Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense | |
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| 133 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 134 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 135 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 136 | Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
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| 137 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| 138 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
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| 139 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| 140 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 141 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 142 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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| 143 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
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| 144 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 145 | Burmese Shrike | Lanius collurioides | |
| 146 | |Long-tailed Shrike| | Lanius schach | |
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| 147 | Racket-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | |
| 148 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| 149 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 150 | Indochinese Bushlark | Mirafra erythrocephala | |
| 151 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
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| 152 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 153 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 154 | Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
| 155 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 156 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| 157 | /Thick-billed Warbler/ | Arundinax aedon | |
| 158 | /Black-browed Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
| 159 | /Paddyfield Warbler/ | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| 160 | /Blunt-winged Warbler/ | Acrocephalus concinens | |
| 161 | /Oriental Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| 162 | /Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler/ | Helopsaltes certhiola | |
| 163 | /Lanceolated Warbler/ | Locustella lanceolata | |
| 164 | /Baikal Bush Warbler/ | Locustella davidi | |
| 165 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | |
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| 166 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| 167 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 168 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 169 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 170 | /Red-rumped Swallow/ | Cecropis daurica | |
| 171 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| 172 | /Common House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 173 | /Asian House-Martin/ | Delichon dasypus | |
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| 174 | Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius melanocephalos | |
| 175 | Black-crested Bulbul | Pycnonotus flaviventris | |
| 176 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| 177 | Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
| 178 | Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | |
| 179 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| 180 | Streak-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus conradi | |
| 181 | Gray-eyed Bulbul | Iole propinqua | |
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| 182 | /Yellow-browed Warbler/ | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| 183 | /Dusky Warbler/ | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| 184 | /Buff-throated Warbler/ | Phylloscopus subaffinis | |
| 185 | /Gray-crowned Warbler/ | Phylloscopus tephrocephalus | |
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| 186 | Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler | Cettia major | |
| 187 | /Manchurian Bush Warbler/ | Horornis canturians | |
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| 188 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| 189 | /Swinhoe's White-eye/ | Zosterops simplex | |
| 190 | Hume's White-eye | Zosterops auriventer | |
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| 191 | Chestnut-capped Babbler | Timalia pileata | |
| 192 | Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
| 193 | White-browed Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | |
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| 194 | Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | |
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| 195 | Black-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus chinensis | |
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| 196 | /European Starling/ | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| 197 | /Daurian Starling/ | Agropsar sturnina | |
| 198 | Black-collared Starling | Gracupica nigricollis | |
| 199 | Siamese Pied Starling | Gracupica floweri | |
| 200 | /White-shouldered Starling/ | Sturnia sinensis | |
| 201 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 202 | Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | |
| 203 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 204 | Great Myna | Acridotheres grandis | |
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| 205 | /White's Thrush/ | Zoothera aurea | |
| 206 | /Eurasian Blackbird/ | Turdus merula | |
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| 207 | Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 208 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 209 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| 210 | Hill Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis whitei | |
| 211 | Indochinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis sumatrensis | |
| 212 | /Bluethroat/ | Luscinia svecica | |
| 213 | Firethroat | Calliope pectardens | |
| 214 | /Siberian Rubythroat/ | Calliope calliope | |
| 215 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 216 | Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| 217 | Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
| 218 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| 219 | Jerdon's Bushchat | Saxicola jerdoni | |
| 220 | /Gray Bushchat/ | Saxicola ferreus | |
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| 221 | Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | |
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| 222 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| 223 | Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| 224 | Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
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| 225 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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| 226 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| 227 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 228 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| 229 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| 230 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 231 | Plain-backed Sparrow | Passer flaveolus | |
| 232 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 233 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 234 | /Eastern Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 235 | /Citrine Wagtail/ | Motacilla citreola | |
| 236 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 237 | /Richard's Pipit/ | Anthus richardi | |
| 238 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 239 | /Olive-backed Pipit/ | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| 240 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus | |
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| 241 | /Common Rosefinch/ | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
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| 242 | /Chestnut-eared Bunting/ | Emberiza fucata | |
| 243 | /Yellow-breasted Bunting/ | Emberiza aureola | |
| 244 | /Black-faced Bunting/ | Emberiza spodocephala | |
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| 245 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 90 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 2 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 12 |
| [] | Accidental | 3 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.