PACIFIC SWALLOW

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016 

(832)              PACIFIC SWALLOW                 Hirundo tahitica    

INDONESIA (Bali)         (43)      

Common Indonesian swallow, found in all types of open country habitat, from coast to inland, to lower montane elevation; often, but not exclusively near water. 14 cms. Range: Oriental region and Australasia; sedentary; widespread and common resident throughout Indonesia.

JAVAN KINGFISHER

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016 

(831)              JAVAN KINGFISHER           Halcyon cyanoventris

INDONESIA (Bali)         (42)        

Found in open country, often seen in rural areas; associated with wet areas like river banks and flooded paddy fields, but does not eat fish. 25 cms. Range: Indonesian endemic; fairly common resident of Java and Bali only.

EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016

(830)              EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET           Aerodromes fuciphagus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (41)        

Found in open country, especially near the coast and on off-shore islands. 13 cms. Range: Southeast Asia; a locally common resident throughout the Sundra subregion and parts of Nusa Tenggars.

NOTE:  feeds on the wing; perches at nest deep in limestone caves; navigates in total darkness by audible translational rattle; builds nest which is unique translucent cup, collected and traded commercially by locals for consumption.

LITTLE EGRET

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016 

(See  558)              LITTLE EGRET          Egret garzetta

INDONESIA (Bali)         (40)      

Found in a variety of climate zones and wetland habitats; prefers coastal estuaries, mangroves, freshwater marshes and paddy fields; often seen near the coast but also far inland. 60 cms. Range: Africa, Eurasia and Australia; resident in Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi and locally fairly common non-breeding visitor on all major islands.

WOOD SANDPIPER

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016

(See   492)              WOOD SANDPIPER          Triganda glareola

INDONESIA (Bali)         (39)        

Most numerous and widespread shorebird in Indonesia; found on tidal mudflats and on freshwater marshes far inland. 20 cms. Breeds in northern Eurasia, migrates south, reaching Australia; common passage migrant and winter visitor throughout Indonesia.

ZITTING CISTICOLA

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016

(829)              ZITTING CISTICOLA           Cisticola juncidis

INDONESIA (Bali)         (38)        

Open country species, locally numerous after forest clearances; seen in fields and grasslands, often near swampy areas; occurs from coast, inland to montane elevations. 11 cms. Range: Africa and Eurasia into northern Australia: In Indonesia a widespread and common resident on Sumatra, Java, Bali and parts of Wallacea and Papua.

PIED BUSHCHAT

Females are brown and the male is black: photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016

(828)              PIED BUSHCHAT            Saxicola caprata

INDONESIA (Bali)         (37)        

Also known as Pied Chat. 14 cm. Open country species which has benefitted from widespread forest clearances; found in cultivated areas and savanna grasslands with scattered trees; lowlands and often into montane elevations. Range: Middle east Asia through the Oriental Region and east to New Guinea: locally common resident in Java, Bali and parts of Wallacea and Papua.

COPPERSMITH BARBET

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(827)              COPPERSMITH BARBET            Megalaima haemacephala

INDONESIA (Bali)         (36)        

Found on forest edges and open woodlands, never in closed forest; occurs from coastal mangroves to lower montane villages and gardens. 15 cms. Ranges: Oriental Region: widespread and generally common on Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Note: The subspecies Rosea is found on Bali.

INTERMEDIATE EGRET

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 

(see  215)             INTERMEDIATE EGRET           Egret intermedia

INDONESIA (Bali)         (35)        

Found mainly in freshwater marshes and paddy fields, and sometimes at tidal mudflats and estuaries. 70 cms. Range: Africa, the Oriental region and Australasia: partly migratory; resident on Java, Sumatra, Bali and north Sulawesi; a locally common, non-breeding visitor on other islands.

OLIVE-BACKED TAILORBIRD

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 

(826)              OLIVE-BACKED TAILORBIRD            Orthotomus sepium

INDONESIA (Bali)         (34)        

Found in open woodlands, along forest edges and in cultivated areas; also frequent visitor to villages and gardens….even enters houses to pickup nesting material. 10 cms. Range: Indonesian endemic: locally common resident on Java, Bali and Lombok.

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(see  424)              PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER            Pluvialis fulva

INDONESIA (Bali)         (33)        

Also known as Lesser Golden Plover. During migrations frequents estuaries, mangroves and tidal mudflats, as well as grasslands and fields behind the shoreline; often seen on airfields and golf-fields near the sea. 25 cm. Breeds in Siberia and Alaska, winters in the south reaching NZ; fairly common migrant and winter visitor throughout coastal Indonesia.

WHIMBREL

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 

(see   133)                WHIMBREL             Numinous phaepus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (32)        

Widespread and numerous shorebird. Found onmudflats, mangroves and estuaries, as well as sandy shores and coral reefs; occasionally in freshwater marshes and fields behind the coast. 43 cm. Range: Worldwide: breeds in temperate northern hemisphere winters in the south; common passage and winter visitor throughout Indonesia.

PIED FANTAIL

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(825)                PIED FANTAIL              Rhipidura javanica

INDONESIA (Bali)         (31)        

Found in coastal woodland habitats, from mangroves and forest edges to scrubs and rural gardens. 18 cm. Range: south-east Asia: widespread and common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

COLLARED KINGFISHER

Subspecies palmeri photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(see   638)                COLLARED KINGFISHER               Todiramphus chloris

INDONESIA (Bali)         (30)        

Mainly associated with tidal habitats, from mangroves and mudflats to sandy beaches and coral reefs; also found around fishing villages and in many areas move inland. 24 cm. Range: Oriental region and Australasia: common resident throughout Indonesia, present on virtually all islands.