SIBERIAN THRUSH

Photographed on Home Island, Cocos, December 2018

1264                    SIBERIAN THRUSH                     Geokichla sibirica      

AUSTRALIA                  761

Breeds in Siberia, strongly migratory with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during winter; rare vagrant to Western Europe. Very secretive. Omnivorous, eating wide range of insects, earthworms and berries. 

NOTE:   Third record for Australia.

CHESTNUT-WINGED CUCKOO

Photographed on Home Island, Cocos, December 2018

1263                 CHESTNUT-WINGED CUCKOO                  Clamator coromandus

AUSTRALIA                      760

Also known as Red-winged Crested Cuckoo. Found in southeastern Asia and parts of South Asia. Breed in Himalayas and migrate south in winter to Sri Lanka, southern India and tropical Southeast Asia including parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. 

NOTE: First record in Australia, and only photographs in Australia.