EURASIAN TREE SPARROW

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see 506)              EURASIAN TREE SPARROW              Passer montanus

SINGAPORE         (5)

Found in urban areas, such as villages, towns and rural developments; not found in wild habitat. 15cm. Range: Eurasia; introduced into other regions, such as Australia and USA.

ASIAN KOEL

Photographed in Singapore November 2016. Female above, the male is black.

(882)          ASIAN KOEL            Eudynamys scolopacea

SINGAPORE          (4)

Found in open woodland, secondary growth, scrub, cultivated areas, parks and gardens. 40-44 cm. Found in the Indian Subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia.

ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see      850)              ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING                  Aplonis panayensis 

SINGAPORE         (3)        

Open woodland bird, found along forest edges and roadsides, and in plantations and villages with large trees. 20 cm. Oriental region: locally common resident own northern Sulawesi, but generally scare throughout Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

PINK-CHEEKED PIGEON

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see      824)           PINK-CHEEKED PIGEON             Theron vernans

SINGAPORE         (2)

Also known as Pink-cheeked Green Pigeon. 25 cm. A coastal bird, found mainly in mangroves and coastal woodlands, has expanded successfully into disturbed forest, plantations, parks and gardens. Range: Southeast Asia: common resident of the Sunda subregion; extends into Sulawesi, Lombok, Sumbawa and some adjacent islands. 

JAVAN MYNA

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see    816)                  JAVAN MYNA            Acridotheres javanicus

SINGAPORE         (1)

Also known as White-Vented Myna. 25 cm. Found in open country, along forest edges and in drier fields, often seen near urban villages, generally not settled in cities. Range: Indonesian endemic; Uncommon resident in Java and Bali only; introduced into other islands, such as Sumatra, Riau Islands and abroad to Singapore.