GERMAIN'S SWIFTLET

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1321                      GERMAIN'S SWIFLET              Aerogramms germani

CAMBODIA                    13

Over open areas, sometimes over forests, offshore islets, up to 1,300 m, mostly lowlands. Resident N Borneo, S Philippines. In SE Asia: locally common to common resident S Myanmar, Tenasserim, W &C & S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, uncertain in Laos.

ZEBRA DOVE

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 

(* 32)            ZEBRA DOVE          Geopelia striata

CAMBODIA               12

Known in Australia as Peaceful Dove. 20 cms. Found in secondary scrub, mangrove edges, grassland, parkland and urban areas. Distribution: Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda.

PIED FANTAIL

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 825)                PIED FANTAIL              Rhipidura javanica

CAMBODIA                   11       

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.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (*  27)                COMMON MYNA              Acridotheres tristis

CAMBODIA.           10

Associated with human agriculture and settlements. 25 cm. Resident from the Middle East through India and S China to Southeast Asia; invaded Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore over the past century, then Sumatra and a small numbers in Sarawak.

GREATER COUCAL

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 991)                     GREATER COUCAL                 Centropus sinensis

CAMBODIA                  9

Also known as Southern Coucal. Found in forest edges of wet zone, dry forest, scrub and thickets in gardens and around cultivation. 48 cm.

FOREST WAGTAIL

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1114           FOREST WAGTAIL              Dendronanthus indicus

CAMBODIA            8

Found along paths and in clearings in wooded areas.

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 928                 BROWN SHRIKE              Lanius cristatus

CAMBODIA                       7

Migrant found in secondary forests, old plantations, mangroves, open scrub, grasslands and parkland. 19 cm. Breeds across C Siberia, east to N China, Korea, Japan, and Kamchatka and south to E Tibetan Plateau; winters in Indian sub-continent, S China, and most of Southeast Asia, east to Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas.

BARN SWALLOW

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 647)           BARN SWALLOW               Hirundo rustica

CAMBODIA                 6

The most widespread species of swallow in the world. Ranges across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. There are six subspecies of Barn Swallow, which breed in the northern hemisphere. Four of these species migrate heavily wintering in much of the southern hemisphere, including as far south as central Argentina, the Cape Province in South Africa and northern Australia. A bird of open country but uses man-made structures to breed in. National bird of Austria and Estonia. 17-19 cm.

YELLOW BITTERN

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 ( *866)              YELLOW BITTERN                    Ixobrychus sinensis  

CAMBODIA                   5        

Found in mangroves, freshwater marshes and wet grassland, including small stands of reeds in parkland. 37 cm. Breeds in N Indian sub-continent and much of E Asia to as far north as Russian Far East and Southeast Asia, east to Philippines.

BLUE-TAILED BEE-EATER

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  837)                 BLUE-TAILED BEE-EATER                Merops philippinus

CAMBODIA.               4

Found in open areas and forests. 23-26 cm. Fairly common winter migrants throughout Sri Lanka, also small flocks breed in eastern dry lowlands.

 

BLACK BAZZA

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  911)                 BLACK BAZA              Aviceda leuphotes

CAMBODIA            3

Common migrant to secondary forests, forest edges, old plantations, scrub and occasionally parkland. 28-35 cm. Distribution: breeds in Himalayan foothills, S and NE India, S China and parts of mainland Southeast Asia; some northern populations are migratory, wintering in mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

COPPERSMITH BARBET

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 827)                         COPPERSMITH BARBET               Megalaima haemacephala 

CAMBODIA                2

Found in forest and open wooded country. 17 cm. Fairly common from dry lowlands up to drier mid hills; and local in wet zone including up to mid hills.

GREY-FACED BUZZARD

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1320                GREY-FACED BUZZARD             Butastur indicus      

CAMBODIA               1

Lives in open coniferous, broadleaved and mixed forest, secondary growths and open areas up to 1800m. Breeds SE Siberia, Ussuriland, NE China, N & S Korea, Japan; winters Greater Tundra, Philippines, Sulawesi, N Moluccas and parts of SE Asia.

INTERMEDIATE EGRET

 

Photographed on Cocos Island, January 2023.

1319                  INTERMEDIATE EGRET                  Ardea intermedia                 

AUSTRALIA                    806

Split Intermediate Egret into three species on 23 September 2023: Yellow-billed Egret, Plumed Egret and Intermediate Egret. Intermediate Egret is found from Russia to Japan to South Indian Ocean and Greater Sundra. Stalks prey in shallow coastal or fresh water and flooded fields. Eats fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects.         

SCARLET-CHESTED PARROT

 

Gluepot, South Australia, May 2023

1318               SCARLET-CHESTED PARROT                Neophema splendida  

AUSTRALIA                    805

Found in mallee and other eucalypt woodlands, mulga, other acacia; belar, other shook, spinifex; saltbush, succulents. Reported Ito favour country burnt in recent years. Ranges across inland Australia, its heartland being Great Victorian Desert in SA/WA. In good seasons numbers increase, and over several years birds may extend to far sw Qleensland, western NSW, far nw Victorias, 'Murray Mallee' (SA)and even up to Alice Springs. Highly nomadic, irruptive.

BLACK TERN

Western Treatment Plant, Victoria, April 2023

 1317                     BLACK TERN                  Chlidonias niger   

AUSTRALIAN           804

Habitat includes freshwater lakes, swamps, floodwaters, sheltered coasts. Rare vagrant to Australia, this is the fourth sighting. Found in or near inland water in Europe, Western Asia and North America. This bird is the North American race, C. n. surinamensis, which is considered by some as a seperate species.

 

COMMON KINGFISHER

Photographed on Cocos Island, January 2023

(885)*              COMMON KINGFISHER                  Albedo atthis 

AUSTRALIA.                        803       

Occurs in all kind of water bodies on migration, including open streams, canals, reservoir edges, ponds with reedy fringes and mangrove creeks, seldom in forest streams. 17 cm. Widespread across much of Eurasia with many races; occurs east to Soloman Islands; winter visitor to Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia.

 

Cocos Island, December 2023