HAINAN BLUE FLYCATCHER

 

Hainan Blue Flycatcher (female). Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

1327                        HAINAN BLUE FLYCATCHER                 Cyornis hainanus

CAMBODIA                     40

Found in broadleaved evergreen, semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, bamboo; up to 1,020 m. Resident (some movements) S China; fairly common, to common resident CSE Myanmar, Tenasserim, Thailand (except C.S), Indochina (except S Annam).

GREAT EGRET

 

Photographed at Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 214)              GREAT EGRET                    Ardea alba

CAMBODIA                 39

Migrant to coastal mudflats, mangroves, estuaries, water bodies with well-vegetated fringes and occasionally wet grasslands. 91 cm. Distribution: widespread across much of Americas, Eurasia, Africa and Australia; most northern populations migrate to winter in the tropics.

EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL

Photographed on outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 896)                  EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL              Motacilla tschutschensis

CAMBODIA                    38

Common migrant to open habitats, including wet grasslands, golf courses, playing fields and bare ground, usually near water. 18 cm. Breeds across C and E Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan to W Alaska; winters in S China, Taiwan and much of Southeast Asia, east to New Guinea and Australia.

WHISKERED TERN

 

Photographed at Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 409)       WHISKERED TERN           Chlidonias hybrida

CAMBODIA                  37

Largest marsh tern, 25-27 cm, wingspan 70 cm. Found in vegetated and open wetland; brackish, saline lakes; saltfields, irrigated land, sewerage ponds. C. h. hybrida breeds in warmer parts of Europe and the Palearctic (northwestern Africa and central and southern Europe to southeastern Siberia, eastern China and south to Pakistan and northern India). The smaller-billed and darker C. h. delalandii is found in east and south Africa, and the paler C. h. javanicus from Java to Australia.

ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN

 

Photographed at Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 893)                  ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN                      Copychus saularis

CAMBODIA                   36

Found in gardens, orchards, plantations, secondary woodlands and mangroves, extends to edges of logged forests, cultivation and forested riverbanks. 20 cm. Resident throughout Indian sub-continent, southern third China and SE Asia to Peninsula Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali and most of Philippines.

SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

 

Photographed near Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 712)              NUTMEG MANNIKIN             Lonchura punctulata

CAMBODIA                       35

Also known as Spice Finch, Spice Bird, Scaly-breasted Munia or Scaly Breasted Mannikin. Found in grasslands, crops, rank roadside growth urban wastelands, lantana thickets, vineyards. 10.5-11.5 cm. Range: native from India to s. China, Malaysia, Philippines to e. Indonesia.

RED-BREASTED PARAKEET

 

Photographed at Ankor Wat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 889)                  RED-BREASTED PARAKEET             Psittacula alexandri

CAMBODIA                34

Found in secondary scrub, old plantations and parkland, occasionally straying into urban green spaces. 36 cm. Himalayan foothills, NE India, S China, mainland Southeast Asia, Borneo, Java.