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 and it will show all of the photos taken for that species. I am adding as much information for each species as I can from sources Wikipedia. To see any pictures at full size just click on the picture.
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Sunday 3 January 2016
4-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - NILGIRI WOOD PIGEON (Columba elphinstonii)
4-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING (JUVENILE) (Aplonis panayensis)
4-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - BLUE CROWNED PARAKEET (Thectocercus acuticaudatus)
4-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - ASIAN FAIRY BLUEBIRD (Irena puella)
12-12-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - RUDDY SHELDUCK (Tadorna ferruginea)
13-12-2015 BAGAN, MYANMAR - BURMESE COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto ssp. xanthocycla)
11-12-2015 BAGAN, MYANMAR - BURMESE SHRIKE (Lanius collurioides)
11-12-2015 BAGAN, MYANMAR - INDIAN POND HERON (Ardeola grayii)
10-12-2015 THILWA, MYANMAR - HOUSE SPARROW (MALE) (Passer domesticus)
Saturday 2 January 2016
11-12-2015 BAGAN, MYANMAR - WHITE THROATED BABBLER (Argya gularis)
27-12-2015 SAIGON, VIETNAM - ASHY TAILORBIRD (Orthotomus ruficeps)
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.