GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO

Subspecies platurus photographed in Singapore November 2016

902                  GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO              Dicrurus paradiseus

SINGAPORE               (46)

Common resident of primary and secondary rainforests, forest edge, scrub and old plantations. 34 cm (+ 30 cm tail). Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, S China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas.

LESSER WHISTLING DUCK

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

901            LESSER WHISTLING DUCK              Dendrocygna javanica

SINGAPORE               (45)

Uncommon resident of lakes and marshes with reedy fringes; also observed in small ponds  in parks and secondary scrub. 40 cm. Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, S China and Southeast Asia, east to Greater and Lesser Sundas.

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see   424)                  PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER              Pluvialis fulva

SINGAPORE               (44)

Common winter visitor and passage migrant; found on coastal mudflats, sandy shores, wet grasslands and open scrubby fields, including playing fields. Breeds in Arctic tundra across NE Russia and Alaska; winters in East Africa, Indian sub-continent and access S China and Southeast Asia, east to SW Pacific.

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

900                  LITTLE RINGED PLOVER              Charadrius Dubius

SINGAPORE               (43)

Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant, occurring on coastal mudflats, sandy beaches, canals, and open muddy ground adjacent to ponds. 17 cm. Distribution: breeds across much of Eurasia, from North Africa and Europe to Indian sub-continent, east Asia, Philippines and New Guinea; northern populations migrate to winter on coasts of Africa, Middle East, Indian sub-continent and much of East and Southeast Asia to N Australia.

KENTISH PLOVER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

899                  KENTISH PLOVER              Charadrius alexandrinus

SINGAPORE               (42)

uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant to sandy beaches, occasionally mudflats. 16 cm. Distribution: Breeds across Eurasia, from Europe to Indian sub-continent and East Asia; Northern populations migrate to winter in Africa, Middle east, Indian sub-culture, S China and Southeast Asia.

MALAYSIAN PLOVER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

898                  MALAYSIAN PLOVER              Charadrius peronii

SINGAPORE               (41)

Uncommon resident on undisturbed sandy beaches, including on off-shore islands. 15 cm. Distribution: Coastal Southeast Asia, Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines and Sulawesi.

PADDYFIELD PIPIT

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

897                  PADDYFIELD PIPIT              Anthus rufulus

SINGAPORE               (40)

Abundant resident of grassland, open scrub, playing fields, golf courses and barren ground on cleared or reclaimed land. 16 cm. Distribution: Afghanistan and much of Indian sub-continent, SW China and mainland Southeast Asia, east to Philippines and Lesser Sundas.

EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

896                  EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL              Motacilla tschutschensis

SINGAPORE               (39)

Common migrant to open habitats, including wet grasslands, golf courses, playing fields and bare ground, usually near water. 18 cm. Breeds across C and E Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan to W Alaska; winters in S China, Taiwan and much of Southeast Asia, east to New Guinea and Australia.

BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

895                  BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE              Oriolus chinensis

SINGAPORE               (38)

Common resident and migrant to secondary forests, mangroves, old plantations, scrub, parkland and urban areas. 26 cm. Indian sub-continent and much of China north to E Russia and Japan; also across much of mainland Southeast Asia, Greater ad Lesser Sundra, Philippines and Sulawesi.

COMMON SNIPE

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

894                  COMMON SNIPE              Gallinago gallinago

SINGAPORE               (37)

Fairly common winter visitor to freshwater marshes, wet grasslands and playing fields; sometimes seen foraging on muddy banks of streams and ditches. 26 cm. Breeds across Eurasia, from W Europe to NW India, NE China and E Russia;winters in Africa, Middle East and Indian sub-continent, east to S China and much of Southeast.

COLLARED KINGFISHER

(see  638)                COLLARED KINGFISHER               Todiramphus chlorine

SINGAPORE           (36)

Common resident of coastal mangroves, secondary scrub, old plantations, parkland and urban areas. 24 cm. Widespread across much of coastal Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see   27)         COMMON MYNA          Acridotheres tristis

SINGAPORE         (35) 

Also known as Indian Myna. Common resident of scrub, grassland, parkland and urban areas. 25 cm. Distribution: Parts of Middle East and Central Asia, east to Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia, and Thai-Maly Peninsula; widely introduced worldwide.

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see 337/814)                  WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN              Amaurornis phoenicurus

SINGAPORE               (34)

Common resident and migrant, occurring in mangroves, secondary forest and scrub, marshes, ponds with vegetated fringes, wet grasslands and parklands. 33 cm. Distribution: widespread across much of Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia and E China, north to Ryukyus, and east to Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas.

ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

893                  ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN              Copsychus saularis

SINGAPORE               (33)

Found in forest edges, mangroves, forest edges, scrub, parkland and occasionally urban areas. 20 cm. Indian sub-continent, S and SE China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-malay peninsula, and Greater Sundas.