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

Table 3

List of waterbird species with relative abundance recorded in Open Water Body at Paya Indah Natural Wetland Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia.

Rank	Family name	Common name	Scientific name	No. of observations	%
1	Anatidae	Lesser whistling duck	Dendrocygna javanica	199	42.16
2	Anatidae	Cotton pygmy goose	Nettapus coromandelianus	81	17.16
3	Alcidinidae	White-throated kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	42	8.90
4	Charadriidae	Red-wattled lapwing	Vanellus indicus	41	8.69
5	Rallidae	Purple swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	25	5.30
6	Rallidae	White-breasted waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	25	5.30
7	Ardeidae	Purple heron	Ardea purpurea	22	4.66
8	Ardeidae	Yellow bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	11	2.33
9	Podicipedidae	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	7	1.48
10	Ardeidae	Cinnamon bittern	Ixorbychus cinnamoneus	6	1.27
11	Rallidae	Common moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	6	1.27
12	Rallidae	Water cock	Gallicerx cinerea	3	0.64
13	Scolopacidae	Pintail snipe	Gallinago stenura	2	0.42
14	Ardeidae	Grey heron	Ardea cinerea	1	0.21
15	Ardeidae	Schrenck’s bittern	Ixobrychus eurhythmus	1	0.21
		Total		472