EMERALD DOVE

 

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

(643*).                EMERALD DOVE                   Chalcophaps indica

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The common emerald dove, also called Asian emerald dove and grey-capped emerald dove, is a widespread resident breeding pigeon native to the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The dove is also known by the names of green dove and green-winged pigeon.

SIAMESE FIREBACK

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

1354                   SIAMESE FIREBACK                Lophura diardi

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The Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi), is also known as Diard's fireback. The Siamese fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. This species is also designated as Thailand's national bird.

BLUE-WINGED PITTA

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

1353             BLUE-WINGED PITTA               Pitta moluccensis

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The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. The blue-winged pitta is regularly found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and has been found to be vagrant in Australia, Christmas Island, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Habitat is lowland subtropical and tropical forests.

GERMAIN'S PEACOCK-PHEASANT

 

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

1352                GERMAIN'S PEACOCK-PHEASANT             Polyplectron germaini

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Germain's peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini) is a pheasant that is endemic to Indochina. The Germain's peacock-pheasant is endemic to southern Indochina. It is found in the seasonal tropical forests of mid-southern Vietnam and far eastern Cambodia; it can be found readily in Cat Tien National Park.

SCALY-BREASTED PARTRIDGE

 

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

1351            SCALY-BREASTED PARTRIDGE                 Tropicoperdix chloropus

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The green-legged partridge (Tropicoperdix chloropus), also known as the scaly-breasted partridge or green-legged hill-partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in forest in Indochina, ranging slightly into southernmost China (Yunnan). The Vietnam partridge is now usually considered a subspecies.

RUBY-CHEEKED SUNBIRD

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

  1350                 RUBY-CHEEKED SUNBIRD           

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The ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) is a species of sunbird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

WHITE-RUMPED SHARMA

 

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

(1044*)                    WHITE-RUMPED SHARMA                Copsychus malabaricus

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The white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a small passerine bird of the family Muscicapidae. Native to densely vegetated habitats in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, its popularity as a cage-bird and songster has led to it being introduced elsewhere.

SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

 

Photographed near Cat Tien Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 (712*)                   SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA                 Lonchura punctulata

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The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia. A species of the genus Lonchura. The species is endemic to Asia and occurs from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines (where it is called mayang pakíng). It has been introduced into many other parts of the world,

SILVER-BREASTED BROADBILL

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 1349                      SILVER-BREASTED BROADBILL                 Serilophus lunatus

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The silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus) is a species of bird in the broadbill family, Eurylaimidae that is found in parts of Southeast Asia. The silver-breasted broadbillis found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The species has declined somewhat due to habitat loss, but is not considered to be threatened with extinction.

It occupies a range of forest habitats. It occurs in tropical and semi-tropical forests, as well as semi-deciduous forests and forests dominated by pine, oak and bamboo. It may occur in selectively logged forests and even entered agricultural land and gardens. It occurs at a range of elevations across its range.

GREEN-BILLED MALKOHA

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

(1049*)                        GREEN-BILLED MALKOHA                  Phaenicophaeus tristis

                

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The green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found throughout Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. These birds are found in dry scrub and thin forests. ts breeding habitat is Primary forest, second growth, dense thickets, scrub, cultivated areas, rubber plantations across south Asia east from Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka to the Southeast Asia. It mainly lives on insects, but also is known to catch small lizards and small mammals. occasionally catches insects in flight, like a flycatcher!

GREY-EYED BULBUL

 

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

1348                           GREY-EYED BULBUL               Iole propinqua    

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The grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO

 

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

   (902)                  GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO                 Dicrurus paradiseus

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The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae. They are conspicuous in the forest habitats often perching in the open and by attracting attention with a wide range of loud calls that include perfect imitations of many other birds. 

INDO-CHINESE GREEN MAGPIE

 

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

  1347               INDO CHINESE GREEN MAGPIE                  Cissa hypoleuca 

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The Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca), also known as the yellow-breasted magpie, is a small colorful bird native to the forests. They are native to Asia, and can be found in China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The yellow-breasted magpie can be found in moist forests within the tropical and subtropical regions of their distribution.

The yellow-breasted magpie can eat a lot of different things, as it is carnivorous. Its diet includes small frogs, insects, eggs of snakes and lizards, and nestlings. The insects from its diet eat a lot of lutein-rich plants, which is a yellow carotenoid pigment. This component is what makes the birds from the Cissa genus go from blue to bright green. Malnourished birds can be found to be more of a blue color due to the lack of the lutein pigment, since its body does not produce it.

INDO-CHINESE BLUE FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 1346                 INDO-CHINESE BLUE FLYCATCHER                Cyornis sumatrensis

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The Indochinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found from southern Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula to Indochina and northeastern Sumatra. It was previously considered conspecific with Tickell's blue flycatcher.

PIN-STRIPED TIT-BABBLER

 

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

(930*)                          PIN-STRIPED TIT-BABBLER                  Mixornis gularis

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The pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. The species is widely distributed and is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

LACED WOODPECKER

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 

 (925*)                      LACED WOODPECKER                      Picus vittatus

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The laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found throughout Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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