OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 2)                  OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD               Nectarinia jugularis

CAMBODIA                30

Also known as Yellow-bellied Sunbird. Found in open woodlands and disturbed habitats. 11 cm. Range: oriental region and east into Australia; widespread and common resident throughout the Indonesian archipelago.

TAIGA FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

1325                     TAIGA FLYCATCHER               Ficedula albicilla

CAMBODIA.                29

The Taiga Flycatcher, also known as Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird It breeds in northern Eurasia from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia. It is a winter visitor to South and South-east Asia in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan. Its natural habitat is taiga forest. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

COMMON TAILORBIRD

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 907)             COMMON TAILORBIRD               Orthotomus sutorius

CAMBODIA                 28       

 Songbird found across tropical Asia.  Insectivorous. Tailorbirds are found singly or in pairs, usually low in the undergrowth or trees, sometimes hopping on the ground. They forage for insects and have been known to feed on a range of beetles and bugs. They are attracted to insects at flowers and are known to favour the inflorescences of mango. They also visit flowers such as those of Bombax, Salmalia for nectar and are sometimes covered in pollen, giving them a golden-headed appearance

GREY-HEADED CANARY FLYCATCHER

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 977)               GREY-HEADED CANARY FLYCATCHER             Culicicapa ceylonensis

CAMBODIA                    27

This species breeds in upland to montane oak (Quercus) and other broadleaved forests and similar wooded areas in temperate to tropical southern Asia, from Pakistan, Central India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and southern China. 

BLACK-WINGED KITE

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 349)           BLACK-WINGED KITE       Elanus caeruleus

CAMBODIA              26 

Also known as Black-shouldered Kite, once considered as part of one species with Australian Black-shouldered Kite and the White-tailed Kite of North and South America. Ranges open land and semi-desert in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, and established in Spain and Portugal, expanding in southern Europe. 

ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 917)                  ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER              Muscicapa dauurica 

CAMBODIA               25      

Found in primary and secondary forest, mangroves, forest edge, scrub, old plantations, parkland and even urban greenspaces. 13 cm. breeds across C Siberia and the Russian Far East, south to NE China, Korea and Japan; winters across S India to Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Philippines; non-migratory populations occur inIndian sub-contijnet, mainland Southeast Asia and Borneo.

CAMBODIAN TAILORBIRD

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

1324                  CAMBODIAN TAILORBIRD                Orthotomus chaktomuk

CAMBODIA                 24

Endemic to Cambodia, likely confined to a single dense shrub habitat in the floodplain of the Mekong river. It was first discovered and recorded by scientists in 2009 in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, during avian influenza checks. In 2013, it was determined to be a unique species and formally described. It is a very small bird, about 10 cm long, with an orange-red tuft on its head.

WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA

 

1054                  WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA                     Lonchura striata

CAMBODIA            23    

Resident Indian subcontinent, C and S China, Taiwan, Sumatra, common throughout SE Asia.  Lives in clearings, secondary growth, scrub and grass and cultivation.

EURASIAN TREE-SPARROW

 

(*  506)                EURASIAN TREE-SPARROW                  Paser montanus

CAMBODIA.            22

Commonly associated with human habitat, including ports, towns, villages, factories, rural settlements to 1,400 m. 14 cm. Throughout Asia.

HOUSE SPARROW

 (* 44)               HOUSE SPARROW       Passer domesticus

CAMBODIA               21

14-16 cms. Abundant and widespread resident. Generally in cities, towns, rural areas, also cultivation areas in winter.

FERAL PIGEON

Photographed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2023

  (* 114)          FERAL PIGEON            Columba livia

CAMBODIA               20

Also known as Domestic or Homing pigeon or Rock Dove. 33-36 cm. Widespread across Europe, n Africa and w Asia, probably introduced to Australia with European settlement. Widespread in villages, towns, cities and farm homesteads. Found in urban areas, grain installations, roadsides, woodlands, paddocks.

BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 895)                  BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE              Oriolus chinensis

CAMBODIA              19

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.

PLAINTIVE CUCKOO

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1323                  PLAINTIVE CUCKOO                  Cacomantis merulinus

CAMBODIA                  18

Lives in secondary growths, open woodland, scrub, grassland, cultivated areas, parks and gardens. Resident NE India, Bangladesh, SE Tibet, Southern China, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi; common resident throughout SE Asia.

JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  879)              JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK            Accipiter gularis       

CAMBODIA          17               

Bird of open and wooded areas. 23-30 cm. Breed in China, Japan, Korea and Siberia; winters in Indonesia and Philippines, passing through the rest of South-east Asia.

YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 812)                  YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL         Pycnonotidae goiavier

CAMBODIA             16   

Found in secondary forests, forest edges, scrub, old plantations, mangroves, parkland, urban areas. 20 cm. Distribution: Parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Maly Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Philippines.

ASHY DRONGO

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  838)                 ASHY DRONGO              Dicrurus leucophaeus 

CAMBODIA                 

Predominantly in mangroves, and open ground with fairly close trees that provide sites for foraging insects; migrants tend to occur more in parkland and gardens. 28 cm. Resident from Afghanistan eastwards through S China and Southeast Asia to Palawan, Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok; migrant to Southeast Asia, including Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore.

The Hainan/White-cheeked/White-lored (Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis) is a subspecies of the Ashy Drongo.

ASIAN PALM-SWIFT

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1322                  ASIAN PALM-SWIFT             Cypsiurus balasiensis

CAMBODIA              14

Open country, urban areas, often near palm trees; up to 1,525 m. Often found in small highly active groups. Resident India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, SW & S China, Greater Sundra, Philippines. Uncommon to common resident in SE Asia.

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.