Effects of Water Level Fluctuation on Waterbirds Distribution and Aquatic Vegetation Composition at Natural Wetland Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia

Table 1

List of waterbird species with relative abundance recorded in Marsh Swamp at Paya Indah Natural Wetland Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia.

Rank	Family name	Common name	Scientific name	No. of observations	%
1	Rallidae	Purple swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	798	45.39
2	Rallidae	White-breasted waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	200	11.38
3	Ardeidae	Purple heron	Ardea purpurea	164	9.33
4	Ardeidae	Yellow bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	162	9.22
5	Alcidinidae	White-throated kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	128	7.28
6	Charadriidae	Red-wattled lapwing	Vanellus indicus	93	5.29
7	Rallidae	Common moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	61	3.47
8	Anatidae	Lesser whistling duck	Dendrocygna javanica	37	2.10
9	Ardeidae	Cinnamon bittern	Ixorbychus cinnamoneus	28	1.59
10	Ardeidae	Little heron	Butorides striatus	20	1.14
11	Ardeidae	Black-crowned nightheron	Nycticorax nycticorax	13	0.74
12	Anatidae	Cotton pygmy goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	11	0.63
13	Scolopacidae	Pintail snipe	Gallinago stenura	10	0.57
14	Ardeidae	Grey heron	Ardea cinerea	7	0.40
15	Ardeidae	Schrenck’s bittern	Ixobrychus eurhythmus	6	0.34
16	Ardeidae	Great egret	Egretta albus	4	0.23
17	Ardeidae	Little egret	Egretta garzetta	4	0.23
18	Rallidae	Water cock	Gallicerx cinerea	4	0.23
19	Rallidae	Ballion's crake	Porzana pusilla	3	0.17
20	Alcidinidae	Common kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	2	0.11
21	Podicipedidae	Little grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	0.11
22	Jacanidae	Pheasant-tailed jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	1	0.06
		Total		1758