INTERMEDIATE EGRET

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 

(see  215)             INTERMEDIATE EGRET           Egret intermedia

INDONESIA (Bali)         (35)        

Found mainly in freshwater marshes and paddy fields, and sometimes at tidal mudflats and estuaries. 70 cms. Range: Africa, the Oriental region and Australasia: partly migratory; resident on Java, Sumatra, Bali and north Sulawesi; a locally common, non-breeding visitor on other islands.

OLIVE-BACKED TAILORBIRD

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 

(826)              OLIVE-BACKED TAILORBIRD            Orthotomus sepium

INDONESIA (Bali)         (34)        

Found in open woodlands, along forest edges and in cultivated areas; also frequent visitor to villages and gardens….even enters houses to pickup nesting material. 10 cms. Range: Indonesian endemic: locally common resident on Java, Bali and Lombok.

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(see  424)              PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER            Pluvialis fulva

INDONESIA (Bali)         (33)        

Also known as Lesser Golden Plover. During migrations frequents estuaries, mangroves and tidal mudflats, as well as grasslands and fields behind the shoreline; often seen on airfields and golf-fields near the sea. 25 cm. Breeds in Siberia and Alaska, winters in the south reaching NZ; fairly common migrant and winter visitor throughout coastal Indonesia.

WHIMBREL

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 

(see   133)                WHIMBREL             Numinous phaepus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (32)        

Widespread and numerous shorebird. Found onmudflats, mangroves and estuaries, as well as sandy shores and coral reefs; occasionally in freshwater marshes and fields behind the coast. 43 cm. Range: Worldwide: breeds in temperate northern hemisphere winters in the south; common passage and winter visitor throughout Indonesia.

PIED FANTAIL

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(825)                PIED FANTAIL              Rhipidura javanica

INDONESIA (Bali)         (31)        

Found in coastal woodland habitats, from mangroves and forest edges to scrubs and rural gardens. 18 cm. Range: south-east Asia: widespread and common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

COLLARED KINGFISHER

Subspecies palmeri photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(see   638)                COLLARED KINGFISHER               Todiramphus chloris

INDONESIA (Bali)         (30)        

Mainly associated with tidal habitats, from mangroves and mudflats to sandy beaches and coral reefs; also found around fishing villages and in many areas move inland. 24 cm. Range: Oriental region and Australasia: common resident throughout Indonesia, present on virtually all islands.