CHINESE POND HERON

Photographed on Cocos Isand December 2016

941          CHINESE POND HERON                Ardeola bacchus                                             

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)              668

Found in fresh and saltwater wetlands and ponds in China and adjacent temperate and subtropical East Asia. 47 cm.

WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

940           WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD             Phaethon lepturus

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Island)          667

Subspecies Golden Bosunbird were previous   :   lepturus: found in Indian Ocean;  fulvous (Golden Bosunbird) found Christmas Island; dorotheae found Pacific Ocean; catesbyi found in Bermuda and the Carribbean; ascension found Ascension Island; and europa found on Europa Island, s Mozambique Channel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

   

Subspecies fulvus, photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016