CRIMSON SUNBIRD

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 (886*)                        CRIMSON SUNBIRD                  Aethopyga siparaja

                   

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The crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is a species of bird in the sunbird family which feed largely on nectar. They may also take insects, especially when feeding their young. The crimson sunbird is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei. Two or three eggs are laid in a suspended nest in a tree. This species occurs in forest and cultivated areas.

BANDED KINGFISHER

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

  1343                 BANDED KINGFISHER                     Lacedo pulchella

VIETNAM                   7

The banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) is a tree kingfisher found in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia. It is the only member of the genus Lacedo. Male and female adults are very different in plumage. The male has a bright blue crown with black and blue banding on the back. The female has rufous and black banding on the head and upperparts. The species occurs in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Brunei. It is extinct in Singapore. The banded kingfisher hunts large insects and occasionally small lizards, usually taken in the trees, but sometimes from the ground.

BLACK DRONGO

 

Photographed near Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

   (338*)                     BLACK DRONGO                    Dicrurus macrocercus

VIETNAM                     6

The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia and accidental visitor of Japan. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. Often aggressive towards other birds.

Photographed in early morning light.

RACKET-TAILED TREEPIE

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 1342                    RACKET-TAILED TREEPIE                   Crypsirina temia

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The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) is an Asian treepie, a member of the crow family, Corvidae. This bird occurs in southern Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, Java and Bali in scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest often near villages. It almost always feeds in trees (arboreal) never feeding from the ground though coming down to bathe on occasion. It moves through the trees with great agility and uses its remarkable tail as a balancing organ. It eats mainly insects and fruit.

 

PUFF-THROATED BABBLER

 

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

   1341                   PUFF-THROATED BABBLER                   Pellorneum ruficeps

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The puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) is a species of passerine bird found in Asia. They are found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around leaf litter to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth where they can be hard to spot.

BLUE-EARRED KINGFISHER

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

  (833*)                          BLUE-EARRED KINGFISHER                  Alcedo meninting

VIETNAM                 3

The blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting). The range of this species stretches from India in the west, eastwards across Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, and further into Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia. The usual habitat is pools or streams in dense evergreen forest and sometimes mangroves, situated under 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) of altitude.

BLACK-AND-RED BROADBILL

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

1340             BLACK-AND-RED BROADBILL            Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

VIETNAM               2

The black-and-red broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) is a species of bird in the typical broadbill family, Eurylaimidae. The species is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Inhabiting lowland riparian forest throughout its range, it can also adapt quite well to disturbed habitat, such as secondary forest growth and degraded habitat near rivers. The black-and-red broadbill is mainly insectivorous, supplementing its diet with aquatic creatures such as mollusks, snails, fish, and crustaceans. It also takes leaves and seeds incidentally.

BLUE-RUMPED PITTA

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

1339                BLUE-RUMPED PITTA                  Hydrornis soror  

VIETNAM                 1

The blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

NORTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN

 

Photographed in Tasmania, February 2024

1338                     NORTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN.                 Eudyptes moseleyi

AUSTRALIA                 813

The northern rockhopper penguin, Moseley's rockhopper penguin, or Moseley's penguin is a penguin species native to the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Breeds on Tristan da Cunha group and Amsterdam Islands. Believed to be between 100,000 and 500,00 birds left. It is very rare for the bird to make landfall on the Australian continent, but in 2006, a northern rockhopper was sighted at Robe, South Australia, and in July 2023 a very underweight northern rockhopper was found at Goolwa beach in South Australia.

NANKEEN NIGHT HERON

 

Photographed at Upokongaro, North Island, New Zealand, February 2024

(*198)                 NANKEEN NIGHT HERON                 Nycticorax caledonicus

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Very rare native. Found on the margins of freshwater wetlands or tidal lagoons. Vagrant until it started breeding on Whangaanui River in 1990s. Breeds October to March.

GLOSSY IBIS

 

Photographed at Pipiroa, North Island, New Zealand, February 2024

(*511)                     GLOSSY IBIS                    Plegadis falcinellus 

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Rae Australian vagrant. Found in the margins of freshwater lakes and swamps, and damp pastures. Occasionally irruptions into New Zealand. A pair bred at Wainono Lagoon, South Canterbury in 2014/15.

COOK'S PETREL

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

1337                       COOK'S PETREL                 Pterodroma cookii

NEW ZEALAND                 133

Breeds Little Barrier, Great Barrier and Codfish Islands. Migrates to eastern Pacific, from California to Chile. Breeds October to May.

WILSON'S STORM-PETREL

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*280)            WILSON'S STORM-PETREL           Oceanites oceanicus

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Breeds subantarctic and Antartica, including several colonies in the Ross Sea sector. Migrates to Northern Hemisphere but occasionally seen in New Zealand waters mainly November to December and May to March. Breeding is December to April.

WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL

 

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*797).        WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL.             Pelagodroma marina

NEW ZEALAND            131

Maori name: Takahikare-moana. Breeds temperate and subtropical Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand; main New Zealand colonies in Hauraki Gulf, Bay of Plenty, Motunau Island, around Stewart and Auckland Islands and Chathams. Disperse widely after breeding and rarely seen in New Zealand coastal waters. Breeding October to March.

FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER

 

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*518)           FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER            Puffinus carneipes

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Breeds in western Indian Ocean, southern Australia, Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand, and in Cook Strait. Main New Zealand colonies at Hen and Chickens, Mercury Group, and Trio and Titi Islands. Ranges through coastal waters of North Island occasionally south to Foveaux Strait in the west and Banks Peninsula to the Chathams in the east. Migrates to North Pacific. Breeding November to May.