PLAIN MARTIN

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

1018                 PLAIN MARTIN              Riparia paludicola                  

NEPAL                     89

Found around rivers and lakes. 12 cm. Locally common resident, mainly in south.

NOTE: May be split and local form chinensis will become Grey-throated Martin.

ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

953             ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN              Delichon dasypus

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)                  682

There are three subspecies, all breed in the Himalayas and in central and eastern Asia, and winter lower in the mountains or southeast Asia. Migratory.

One of the first records of this bird in Australian territory.

MASKED WOODSWALLOW

Photographed on road to Mornington, Kimberley, Western Australia, May 2015

609         MASKED WOODSWALLOW           Artamus personatus

Australia           (452)

Also called Bluebird, Blue or Bush Martin, and Skimmer. 17.5-19 cm. Found in open forests/woodlands; lightly timbered ranges; sparse inland scrubs; timber on inland watercourses; coastal heaths, pastoral country, farmland, vineyards, golf courses. Range: mainland Australia except far C. York Pen., but mostly inland of Gt Divide, sparse in Kimberley (Q), Top End (NT) C. York (Q). Highly nomadic.

DUSKY WOODSWALLOW

Photographed in Warrumbungle National Park, Coonabarabran, November 2014. A less than clear shot.

317            DUSKY WOODSWALLOW             Artamus cyanopterus

Australia         (275)

Also known as Skimmer, Summer-bird and Woodmartin. 17-18 cm. Range sw WA across to border, all Tasmania and Victoria, bottom third of SA, all NSW except nw corner, se tw-thirds of Queensland from Cooktown down. Found in open forest/woodland, timbered paddocks, coastal/sub-inland scrub, golf-courses and orchards.

Photographed at Warrumbungles, December 2014