ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(*see 917)             ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER            Musicicapa dauurica

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)          663

 Found in open forests, secondary growth, plantations, parks, gardens, mangroves; breeds open forest inland. 12.5- 13.5 cm. Breeds in Japan, eastern Siberia and the Himalayas; migratory and winters in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia.  

WESTERN REEF EGRET

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

938             WESTERN REEF EGRET           Egretta gularis

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)           662

Also known as Western Reef Heron. Found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.

YELLOW BITTERN

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(*   866)          YELLOW BITTERN             Ixobrychus sinensis

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)             (661)

Found in roadbeds, swamps, streams and estuaries. 30-40 cm. Breeds India, SE to NE Asia, Japan, Indonesia; has colonised some islands in Indian Ocean, SW Pacific. Rare in Australia, first record in Kalgoorlie 1967.

PIN-TAILED SNIPE

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(937)               PIN-TAILED SNIPE              Gallinago stenura

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)             (660)

Found in freshwater wetlands. 25-27 cm. Breeds in northern Russia and migrates to southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia; rare vagrant to N Australia.

ROSY STARLING

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016.

(936)              ROSY STARLING              Sturnus roseus

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)           (659)

Found in urban and rural areas. Range: Eastern Europe, Middle East to West and Central Asia; vagrant to Cocos Islands; recorded near Broome, WA Sep 2004; Coffs Harbour, NSW 2006.

Photographed on Cocos Island, January 2023

GREEN JUNGLEFOWL

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

(see    844)             GREEN JUNGLEFOWL            Gallus varius

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)              (658)

Introduced to the Cocos Islands where they are now thriving.

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

(see  337/814)             WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN            Amaurornis phoenicurus  

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)            (657)

Note: self-introduced to Cocos Islands where they have flourished; also found in very small numbers on Christmas Island.