INDO-CHINESE GREEN MAGPIE

 

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

  1347               INDO CHINESE GREEN MAGPIE                  Cissa hypoleuca 

VIETNAM                14

The Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca), also known as the yellow-breasted magpie, is a small colorful bird native to the forests. They are native to Asia, and can be found in China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The yellow-breasted magpie can be found in moist forests within the tropical and subtropical regions of their distribution.

The yellow-breasted magpie can eat a lot of different things, as it is carnivorous. Its diet includes small frogs, insects, eggs of snakes and lizards, and nestlings. The insects from its diet eat a lot of lutein-rich plants, which is a yellow carotenoid pigment. This component is what makes the birds from the Cissa genus go from blue to bright green. Malnourished birds can be found to be more of a blue color due to the lack of the lutein pigment, since its body does not produce it.

INDO-CHINESE BLUE FLYCATCHER

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

 1346                 INDO-CHINESE BLUE FLYCATCHER                Cyornis sumatrensis

VIETNAM                 13

The Indochinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found from southern Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula to Indochina and northeastern Sumatra. It was previously considered conspecific with Tickell's blue flycatcher.

PIN-STRIPED TIT-BABBLER

 

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

(930*)                          PIN-STRIPED TIT-BABBLER                  Mixornis gularis

VIETNAM                   12

The pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. The species is widely distributed and is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

LACED WOODPECKER

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

 

 (925*)                      LACED WOODPECKER                      Picus vittatus

VIETNAM                  11

The laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found throughout Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Male

Female

BLUE-WINGED LEAFBIRD

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

1345                         BLUE-WINGED LEAFBIRD                   Chloropsis moluccensis   

VIETNAM                  10

The blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis) is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as southern Sumatra.

OCHRACEOUS BULBUL

 

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

 1344                 OCHRACEOUS BULBUL                 Alophoixus ochraceus  

VIETNAM                 9

The ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found from Southeast Asia to Sumatra. It is usually found in the mid-storey of broad-leaved evergreen and rainforests up to 1500 metres elevation.

CRIMSON SUNBIRD

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

 (886*)                        CRIMSON SUNBIRD                  Aethopyga siparaja

                   

VIETNAM                 8

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

VIETNAM                   5

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

VIETNAM                    4

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.