DRONGO CUCKOO

(see   862)           DRONGO CUCKOO      Surniculus lugubris

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)              666

Found in broad-leafed evergreen and deciduous forest, secondary growth, occasionally parks, gardens, mangroves. 24.5 cm. Breeds N, NE Indian subcontinent, S India, Sri Lanka, SE Tibet, W and southern China, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi, N Moluccas; northern population winter to south, Sumatra.

Note: first Australian record.

COMMON (EURASIAN) TEAL

                 Photographed on Cocos Island, December 2016     

939         COMMON (EURASIAN) TEAL           Anas crecca

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)            665

Found on lakes, large rivers, marshes and various wetlands. 34-38 cms. Breeds across northern Eurasia and mostly winters south of its breeding range

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(see   928)         BROWN SHRIKE               Lanius cristatus 

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)         664

Found in open country, cultivation, gardens, secondary growth, forest edges. 19-20 cm. Breeds in temperate Asia and migrate to tropical Asia.; vagrant to Christmas and Cocos Islands.