CHRISTMAS IMPERIAL PIGEON

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

948           CHRISTMAS IMPERIAL PIGEON                Ducula whartoni

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)               677

Inhabits rainforests and secondary growth with fruiting trees. 39 cm length. Endemic to Christmas Island.

EYEBROWED THRUSH

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

947              EYEBROWED THRUSH         Turdus obscurus

AUSTRALIA (Cocos islands)         676

Found in dark, coniferous forests and taiga eastwards from Siberia. Strongly migratory, wintering south to southeast Asia and Indonesia. First sighting on mainland was at Malinda (Q) 2011.

RED-FOOTED BOOBY

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

946                 RED-FOOTED BOOBY                  Sula sula

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)            675

In Australian Region breeds on Raine Island, cays in sw Coral Seaand on Gt Barrier Reef s to Capricorn Group; also Ashmore Reef, Christmas Island; stragglers to coastal waters of se Q. -ne NSW, especially after cyclones. 66-80 cm; span c. 1.4 m.