WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA

 

1054                  WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA                     Lonchura striata

CAMBODIA            23    

Resident Indian subcontinent, C and S China, Taiwan, Sumatra, common throughout SE Asia.  Lives in clearings, secondary growth, scrub and grass and cultivation.

EURASIAN TREE-SPARROW

 

(*  506)                EURASIAN TREE-SPARROW                  Paser montanus

CAMBODIA.            22

Commonly associated with human habitat, including ports, towns, villages, factories, rural settlements to 1,400 m. 14 cm. Throughout Asia.

HOUSE SPARROW

 (* 44)               HOUSE SPARROW       Passer domesticus

CAMBODIA               21

14-16 cms. Abundant and widespread resident. Generally in cities, towns, rural areas, also cultivation areas in winter.

FERAL PIGEON

Photographed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2023

  (* 114)          FERAL PIGEON            Columba livia

CAMBODIA               20

Also known as Domestic or Homing pigeon or Rock Dove. 33-36 cm. Widespread across Europe, n Africa and w Asia, probably introduced to Australia with European settlement. Widespread in villages, towns, cities and farm homesteads. Found in urban areas, grain installations, roadsides, woodlands, paddocks.

BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 895)                  BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE              Oriolus chinensis

CAMBODIA              19

Common resident and migrant to secondary forests, mangroves, old plantations, scrub, parkland and urban areas. 26 cm. Indian sub-continent and much of China north to E Russia and Japan; also across much of mainland Southeast Asia, Greater ad Lesser Sundra, Philippines and Sulawesi.

PLAINTIVE CUCKOO

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1323                  PLAINTIVE CUCKOO                  Cacomantis merulinus

CAMBODIA                  18

Lives in secondary growths, open woodland, scrub, grassland, cultivated areas, parks and gardens. Resident NE India, Bangladesh, SE Tibet, Southern China, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi; common resident throughout SE Asia.