ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2016

917                  ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER              Muscicapa dauurica 

SINGAPORE (Pasir Ris Park)              (66)

Found in primary and secondary forest, mangroves, forest edge, scrub, old plantations, parkland and even urban greenspaces. 13 cm. breeds across C Siberia and the Russian Far East, south to NE China, Korea and Japan; winters across S India to Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Philippines; non-migratory populations occur inIndian sub-contijnet, mainland Southeast Asia and Borneo.

PIED TRILLER

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2016

916                 PIED TRILLER              Lalage nigra

SINGAPORE (Pasir Ris Park)             (65)

Found in mangroves, parkland, urban areas and especially coastal scrub; forages on roadside trees. 17 cm. Distribution: Thai-Maly Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Philippines.

STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

916                 STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER             Pelargopsis capensis

SINGAPORE               (64)

Occurs along mangrove creeks, ponds and reservoirs with forest fringes and suitably large water bodies in secondary scrub and old plantations. 37 cm. Distribution: Indian sub-continent, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas east to Philippines and Sulawesi.

RUFOUS WOODPECKER

Photographed in Singapore (Pasir Ris Park) November 2016

914                  RUFOUS WOODPECKER             Micropternus brachyurus

SINGAPORE  (Pasir Ris Park)             (63)

Found in primary and secondary forest, scrub and old plantations. 25 cm. Distribution: S China, Himalayan foothills to E India, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas. 

Note: Unusual symbiotic relationship with tree ants; builds its nest in ants' nest while feeding on ants of other nests.