This Blog contains Wildlife and Bird Photos from Walks, Safaris, Birding Trips and Vacations. Most of the pictures have been taken with my Nikon P900 and P950X cameras. On the right of the page are labels for each species of Bird/Animal etc. Click on a label to show all of the photos taken for that species. Information for each species is from Wikipedia. Just click on any image for a large picture.
Saturday, 26 December 2015
1-1-2015 HA LONG BAY, VIETNAM - BURMESE MYNA (Acridotheres burmannicus)
11-12-2015 BAGAN, MYANMAR - BURMESE MYNA (Acridotheres burmannicus)
Thursday, 17 December 2015
17-12-2015 LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA - BANDED KINGFISHER (MALE) (Lacedo pulchella)
Saturday, 12 December 2015
13-12-2015 SOUTHERN MYANMAR - GURNEY'S PITTA (Hydrornis gurneyi)
The male has a blue crown and black-and-yellow underparts; the rest of the head is black, and it has warm brown upperparts. The female has a brown crown and buffy-whitish underparts.
Friday, 11 December 2015
11-12-2015 BAGAN, MYANMAR - LONG LEGGED BUZZARD (Buteo rufinus)
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
30-11-2015 ANGKOR WAT, CAMBODIA - SCARLET SKIMMER DRAGONFLY (Crocothemis servilia ssp. servilia)
The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer, Crocothemis servilia, is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.
There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773) and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983. C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.
It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
4-12-2015 SINGAPORE - RAMERON PIGEON (Columba arquatrix)
Saturday, 5 December 2015
4-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - GOLDEN BREASTED STARLING (Lamprotornis regius)
Friday, 4 December 2015
4-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - WHITE COLLARED KINGFISHER (Todiramphus chloris)
4-12-2015 SINGAPORE - WHITE BREASTED KINGFISHER (Halcyon smyrnensis)
26-11-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - BLACK NAPED ORIOLE (Oriolus chinensis)
26-11-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON (Ducula bicolor)
Thursday, 3 December 2015
3-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - BLACK RAT (Rattus rattus)
The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is now found worldwide.
The black rat is black to light brown in colour with a lighter underside. It is a generalist omnivore and a serious pest to farmers because it feeds on a wide range of agricultural crops. It is sometimes kept as a pet. In parts of India, it is considered sacred and respected in the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke.
A typical adult black rat is 12.75 to 18.25 cm (5.02 to 7.19 in) long, not including a 15 to 22 cm (5.9 to 8.7 in) tail, and weighs 75 to 230 g (2.6 to 8.1 oz), depending on the subspecies. Despite its name, the black rat exhibits several colour forms. It is usually black to light brown in colour with a lighter underside. In England during the 1920s, several variations were bred and shown alongside domesticated brown rats. This included an unusual green-tinted variety.