Planetscott - Site Report: Penang National Park

2025-08-30: We took a hike through the forest to the good beach. It was a very hot and humid hike, and there was plenty of mud on the trail.

Kingdom: Animals (16 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Insects (1 record)

Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants (1 record)
- Family: Apidae
- Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sp)

Phylum: Chordates (15 records)

Class: Birds (15 records)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
- White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Order: Perching Birds (8 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)
- Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus)
- Family: Drongos
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
- Family: Swallows
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)