COMMON RINGED PLOVER

 

Photographed at Roebuck Bay, Broome, December 2023

1333                   COMMON RINGED PLOVER                    Charadrius hiaticula

AUSTRALIA                    809

Also known as Ringed Plover. Breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland. Common ringed plovers are migratory and winter in coastal areas south to Africa. In Norway, geolocators have revealed that adult breeding birds migrate to West Africa.[3] Many birds in Great Britain and northern France are resident throughout the year.Rare but regular vagrant to Australia with widespread sightings. 

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

 

Photographed at Roebuck Bay, Broome, December 2023

1332                   AMERICAN GLODEN PLOVER                  Pluvialis dominica

AUSTRALIA                   808

The breeding habitat of American golden plover is Arctic tundra from northern Canada and Alaska. They nest on the ground in a dry open area. They are migratory and winter in southern South America. They follow an elliptical migration path. The bird has one of the longest known migratory routes of over 40,000 km (25,000 mi). Of this, 3,900 km (2,400 mi) is over open ocean where it cannot stop to feed or drink. It does this from body fat stores that it stocks up on prior to the flight. It is a regular vagrant to western Europe.

CITRINE WAGTAIL

 

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2023

(*328)          CITRINE WAGTAIL            Motacilla citreola

AUSTRALIA                 807

Also known as Yellow-headed Wagtail. 15.5-17 cm. Range across Asia but expanding into western Europe. Found in wet meadows and tundra.

BLUE ROCK THRUSH

 

(*1256)               BLUE ROCK THRUSH                Monticola solitarius 

CAMBODIA                57

Found on rocky shorelines, cliffs, open stony country, coastal towns. Solitary, though occasionally in groups on rocks. Breeds in S Europe, N Africa, Central Asia, China, Japan and N Philippines; migrates to Sumatra to breed.

BLACK DRONGO

 

(*338)           BLACK DRONGO              Dicrurus macrocercus

CAMBODIA

28 cm. Range from sw Iran through India and Sri Lanka to southern China and Indonesia. Common in open agricultural districts and light forest. While bee keepers don't like them, because they eat the bees, farmers sometimes erect artificial perches to attract them to control insects.

INTERMEDIATE EGRET

 

*1319                  INTERMEDIATE EGRET                  Ardea intermedia                 

CAMBODIA               55

Split Intermediate Egret into three species on 23 September 2023: Yellow-billed Egret, Plumed Egret and Intermediate Egret. Intermediate Egret is found from Russia to Japan to South Indian Ocean and Greater Sundra. Stalks prey in shallow coastal or fresh water and flooded fields. Eats fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects.     

GREAT MYNA

Photographed near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2023

 

(* 1025)                GREAT MYNA                       Acridotheres grandis

CAMBODIA                    54

It is found in Northeast India, through Bangladesh to Southeast Asia.

NOTE: Formerly treated as conspecific with White-vented Myna A cinereus.

VAN HASSELT'S SUNBIRD

 

1331                  VAN HASSELT'S SUNBIRD               Leptocoma brasiliana

CAMBODIA                53

It is found in Northeast India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

EASTERN CATTLE EGRET

Photographed on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

 (*  216)                EASTERN CATTLE EGRET               Bubulcus coromandus

CAMBODIA                 52

Found in grasslands and pastures as well as nearby wetlands such as rice paddies; seeks company of cattle or buffalo feeding on the insects they disturb. 50-55 cm. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret. 

PIED BUSHCHAT

 

Photographed on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  868)            PIED BUSHCHAT               Saxicola caprata

CAMBODIA                     51

Found from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside and open scrub or grassland where it is found perched at the top of short thorn trees or other shrubs, looking out for insect prey.

AMUR STONECHAT

 

Photographed on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

  1330                AMUR STONECHAT                     Saxicola stejnegeri

CAMBODIA                     50

The Amur Stonechat or Stejneger's stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri) is a species of stonechat native to eastern Asia. It breeds in central and eastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northeastern China, and eastern Mongolia, and migrates south to southern China and Indochina in winter.[1]

COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE

 

Photographed on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

228         COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE       Nettapus coromandelianus

CAMBODIA               49

Cotton Pygmy-goose or Cotton Teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called White-quilled Pygmy-goose.

COMMON KINGFISHER

 

Photographed on outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 885)                           COMMON KINGFISHER                  Alcedo atthis

CAMBODIA                 48  

Also known as the Eurasian Kingfisher and River Kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.