GOLDEN-BELLIED GERYGONE

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(859)              GOLDEN-BELLIED GERYGONE                   Gerygone sulphurea 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (80)        

Also known as Golden-bellied Flyeater. 9 cms. Found in a variety of wooded habitats, from mangroves, open coastal woodlands, roadsides and parks to closed forest. Range: Southeast Asia; widespread and generally common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali, Flores, Alor and Sulawesi.

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(858)              ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD                    Pernis ptilorhychus  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (79)        

Turns up in a variety of forested habitats, from primary rainforest to open woodlands. 50 cms. Distribution: Oriental region and northeast Asia: northern populations migrate; Sundra resident race (with a crest) is uncommon; migratory race is a winter visitor extending into parts of Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara.

ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(857)              ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL                 Anthracoceros albirostris 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (78)        

Also known as Asian Pied Hornbill. 70 cms. Seems to prefer forest edges and other broken habitats rather than primary closed rest as other Indonesian hornbills; often found along rivers, in open coastal forest and nearby plantations; but must have access to growing hardwood trees with cavities for nesting.Oriental region: widespread and fairly common resident on Sumatra and many nearby islands, and in Kalimantan; uncommon on Java and Bali.

SUNDA SCOPS-OWL

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(856)              SUNDA SCOPS-OWL                 Otus lempij  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (77)        

Found in forest edges and cultivation; likely to be seen near villages and rural roads. 23 cm. Distribution: Africa, Eurasia and the Oriental region; widespread and fairly common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

YELLOW-EARED BARBET

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(855)              YELLOW-EARED BARBET                 Psilopogon australis 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (76)        

Found in primary forest and edges in lowlands and foothills; mainly evergreen forest. 17 cms. Range: Java and Bali.

NOTE: another contentious species. Used to be lumped with Psilopogon cycantis and Psilopogon duvaucelii, and called Blue-eared Barbet. The Blue-eared Barbet has red around the face, however in the Javan and Bali species this red is replaced by yellow, hence the name Yellow-eared Barbet. Also listed by Clements as Little Barbet.

  

JAVAN PLOVER

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(854)              JAVAN PLOVER                 Charadrius javanicus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (75)        

Coastal bird found along open wetlands and tidal shorelines along the Javan coast. 15 cms. Distribution: Indonesian endemic: Uncommon resident on Java and nearby Kangean Island only; status on Bali uncertain.

NOTE; There is little information about its exact status and breeding ecology.

PIED STILT

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(853)              PIED STILT                  Himantopus leucocephalus 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (74)        

Also known as White-headed Stilt. Found on coastal wetlands, especially around brackish lakes and saline marshes just behind tidal estuaries. 37 cms. Distribution: worldwide, tropics and subtropics, somewhat nomadic; Uncommon resident on Java, Sumatra, probably Sulawesi and possibly other islands in the east.

NOTE:  Taxonomy is somewhat contentious. Sometimes lumped with Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, as one species.

LITTLE TERN

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(see   287)              LITTLE TERN               Sterna albifrons 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (73)        

Usually seen in coastal regions and sometimes around freshwater lakes and rivers as much as 100 kms inland. 23 cms. Distribution: Breeds in Africa, Eurasia and Australia; partly migratory; widespread and fairly common winter visitor throughout Indonesia; also resident on Java, Bali and Wallacea.

BARRED DOVE

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(852)              BARRED DOVE                    Geopelia maugei 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (72)        

Observed along dry deciduous forest edges, in scrub and in somewhat wooded cultivation near rural villages, often in small flocks; usually occurs in coastal lowlands, often in areas adjacent to mangroves. 22 cms. Range: Indonesia and Timor Leste: widespread and generally common resident throughout Nusa Tenggara, from Sumbawa east to the Kai Islands.

ISLAND COLLARED DOVE

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(851)              ISLAND COLLARED DOVE                   Streptopelia bitorquata 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (71)        

Found in tropical or subtropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. ranges on Indonesian islands from Java to Timor.

ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(850)              ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING                  Aplonis panayensis 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (70)        

Open woodland bird, found along forest edges and roadsides, and in plantations and villages with large trees. 20 cm. Oriental region: locally common resident own northern Sulawesi, but generally scare throughout Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.