JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  879)              JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK            Accipiter gularis       

CAMBODIA          17               

Bird of open and wooded areas. 23-30 cm. Breed in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of South-east Asia.

YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 812)                  YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL         Pycnonotidae goiavier

CAMBODIA             16   

Found in secondary forests, forest edges, scrub, old plantations, mangroves, parkland, urban areas. 20 cm. Distribution: Parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Maly Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Philippines.

ASHY DRONGO

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  838)                 ASHY DRONGO              Dicrurus leucophaeus 

CAMBODIA                 

Predominantly in mangroves, and open ground with fairly close trees that provide sites for foraging insects; migrants tend to occur more in parkland and gardens. 28 cm. Resident from Afghanistan eastwards through S China and Southeast Asia to Palawan, Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok; migrant to Southeast Asia, including Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore.

The Hainan/White-cheeked/White-lored (Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis) is a subspecies of the Ashy Drongo.