PIN-STRIPED TIT-BABBLER

Photographed in Singapore (Singapore Zoo) November 2016

930                  PIN-STRIPED TIT-BABBLER              Macrons gularis

SINGAPORE (Singapore Zoo)              (90)

Common in primary and secondary forests, forest edges, scrub, old plantations, occasionally in gardens and mangroves. 13 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills and NE India, S China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay peninsula, Sumatra.

ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE

Photographed in Singapore (Singapore Zoo carpark) November 2016

(see 327/869)                  ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE              Zosterops palpebrosus

SINGAPORE  (Singapore Zoo carpark)             (89)

Common resident, but victim to the pet trade and wide populations may be from escapees; secondary forests, forest edges, old plantations, scrub, mangroves and parkland, including urban areas. 11 cm. Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas.

TEREK SANDPIPER

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016

(see   619)                TEREK SANDPIPER               Xenus cinereus

SINGAPORE (Sungei Buloh Wetlands)           (88)

Migrant to coastal mudflats, sandy beaches, tidal ponds. 24 cm. Breeds across N Eurasia, from Scandinavia and much of Russia to E Siberia; winters along coast of Africa, Middle East, Indian sub-continent, east to S China, Southeast Asia and Australia.