Thursday, May 23, 2024

BLUE-WINGED PITTA

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

1353             BLUE-WINGED PITTA               Pitta moluccensis

VIETNAM             24

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

VIETNAM               23

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

VIETNAM               22 

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           

VIETNAM                     21

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

VIETNAM       20

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

VIETNAM                 19

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,