Khu hệ chim đảo Trường Sa, quần đảo Trường Sa, Việt Nam

Abstract

In this study, we carried out two surveys of avifauna in Truong Sa Island, Truong Sa Archipelago, Vietnam. The duration time of first survey from October 21-25, 2020 and the second survey from May 22-27, 2021. The results at the surveys showed that there were 82 bird species belonging to 29 families and 10 orders recorded. Among them, Passeriformes has the most abundant with 35 species (42.7% of the total), Charadriiformes has 18 species with a rate of 22%, Ciconiiformes has 11 species with a rate of 13.4%, Cuculiformes has 5 species with a rate of 6.1%, Accipitriformes has 4 species with a rate of 4.9%, and other orders have from 1 to 3 species with a rate of 10.9% of the total. We also observed the Chestnut cheeked starling - Agropsar philippensis (Forster, 1781) in Truong Sa (Truong Sa Archipelago), this species was first recorded for the Avifauna of Vietnam and need to be added to the bird checklist of Vietnam.