The Birds of Thailand 



Order PODICIPEDIFORMES 



Family PODICIPEDIDAE 



Genus PODICEPS Latham 



Podiceps ruficoUis poggei (Reichenow) 



Colymbus nigricans poggei Reichenow, Journ, fiir Orn., jahrg. 



50, No. 1, January 1902, p. 125 (Hopeh Province, China). 



Range: Still waters of the northern plateau, the eastern plateau 



(Chaiyaphum) , the southeastern provinces, the central plains, and of 



the western and peninsular provinces south to Trang and Phatthalung. 



Order PELECANIFORMES 



Family PELECANIDAE 



Genus PELECANUS Linnaeus 



Pelecanus philippensis philippensis Gmehn 



[Pelecanus] philippensis Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . . . Systema 



naturae, ed. 13, torn. 1, pars 2, 1789, p. 571 ("in insulis 



Philippinis"). 



Range: The more extensive marshes of the northern plateau (Chiang 



Rai) and the central plains, and along both coasts to the extreme 



South. 



Family SULIDAE 



Genus SULA Brisson 



Sula leucogaster plotus (Forster) 



Pelecanus Plotus Forster, Descriptiones animalium, ed. Lich- 

 tenstein, 1844, p. 278 (''ad syi-tes et brevia maris novam 

 Caledonian! alluentis"). 

 Range: Off both coasts and reported to breed on certain islets of the 

 Gulf of Siam. 



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