In Singapore for one week from 24th August to 31st August. Unfortunately, unable to find a comprehensive field guide for the country, but used Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Davison, G. W. H. and Chew Y. F. (2003).
Singapore
260. Purple heron
(Feral pigeon)
(Spotted-necked dove (Spotted turtle dove, Spotted dove))
261. Green-winged pigeon
262. Peaceful dove
263. Blue-throated bee-eater
264. Olive-winged bulbul
265. Stiped tit-babbler
266. Brown-throated sunbird
267. Eurasian tree sparrow
268. White-vented mynah
269. Black-naped oriole
270. Greater racquet-tailed drongo
271. House crow
272. White-breated water-hen
273. Yellow-vented bulbul
274. Magpie robin
275. Olive-backed sunbird
276. Philippine glossy starling
277. Pink-necked green pigeon
278. Grey heron
279. Lesser treeduck (Lesser whistling-duck)
(Brahminy kite)
(White-bellied sea-eagle)
280. White-throated kingfisher
281. White-collared kingfisher
282. White-rumped shama
283. Large niltava
284. Scaly-breasted munia
285. House swift
286. Koel
Uncertain sightings
Possible Crested jay seen from below in rain forest. Woodpecker species seen in rainforest and also on Palau Ubin: presumably Flameback (Goldenback, D. javanense).
Non-birds
Numerous long-tailed macaques. Wild pig on Palau Ubin. Several water monitors (Varanus salvator) and possibly other similar species. Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) and the introduced Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis).
Saturday, 6 September 2008
August 2008 - East Coast of Australia
Canberra
206. Little black cormorant
207. Gang-gang cockatoo
(Crimson rosella)
208. Eastern rosella
209. Red-rumped parrot
(Red wattledbird)
210. Golden whistler
211. White-winged chough
212. Straw-necked ibis
213. Australian king-parrot
214. Buff-rumped thornbill
Newcastle to Taree (NSW)
(Cattle egret)
(Great (white) egret)
215. Little egret
216. Australasian gannet
217. White-bellied sea-eagle
218. Nankeen kestrel
219. White-headed pigeon
220. Laughing turtle-dove
221. Common bronzewing
222. Pheasant coucal
223. Eastern whipbird
224. Variegated fairy-wren
225. Striated pardalote
226. Little wattlebird
227. Eastern yellow robin
228. Lewin's honeyeater
229. Brown honeyeater
230. Black-faced cuckoo-shrike
231. Grey butcherbird
Port Macquarie
232. Brahminy kite
233. Sacred kingfisher
234. White-throated treecreeper
235. Yellow-throated scrubwren
236. White-browed scrubwren
237. Striated thornbill
238. Crested shrike-tit
239. Grey shrike-thrush
240. Green catbird
241. Red-browed finch
Coff's Harbour
242. Yellow thronbill
243. Blue-faced honeyeater
244. Eastern spinebill
245. Brown gerygone
246. Sangled drongo
247. Brown honeyeater
248. Australian pipit
249. Figbird
250. White-cheeked honeyeater
Byron Bay
251. Torresian crow
252. Pied butcherbird
253. Noisy friarbird
Brisbane
254. Fairy martin
(Superb fairy-wren)
Fraser Island
255. Osprey
256. Red-capped plover
257. Pied oystercatcher
258. Bar-shouldered dove
259. Large-billed scrubwren
Uncertain sightings
Probable white-plumed honeyeater in Canberra.
Non-birds
Glimpse of a humpback whale at Byron Bay. Numerous bottlenose dolphins. A fur seal off Byron Bay (Arctocephalus fosteri). Red fox seen from train. European rabbits. Short-beaked echnida near Anna Bay (Port Stephens). Various kangaroos and wallabies seen from train, presumably mostly Eastern grey kangaroos. Various sharks, possibly including tiger shark, and also a manta ray, seen off Fraser Island. Also a python.
206. Little black cormorant
207. Gang-gang cockatoo
(Crimson rosella)
208. Eastern rosella
209. Red-rumped parrot
(Red wattledbird)
210. Golden whistler
211. White-winged chough
212. Straw-necked ibis
213. Australian king-parrot
214. Buff-rumped thornbill
Newcastle to Taree (NSW)
(Cattle egret)
(Great (white) egret)
215. Little egret
216. Australasian gannet
217. White-bellied sea-eagle
218. Nankeen kestrel
219. White-headed pigeon
220. Laughing turtle-dove
221. Common bronzewing
222. Pheasant coucal
223. Eastern whipbird
224. Variegated fairy-wren
225. Striated pardalote
226. Little wattlebird
227. Eastern yellow robin
228. Lewin's honeyeater
229. Brown honeyeater
230. Black-faced cuckoo-shrike
231. Grey butcherbird
Port Macquarie
232. Brahminy kite
233. Sacred kingfisher
234. White-throated treecreeper
235. Yellow-throated scrubwren
236. White-browed scrubwren
237. Striated thornbill
238. Crested shrike-tit
239. Grey shrike-thrush
240. Green catbird
241. Red-browed finch
Coff's Harbour
242. Yellow thronbill
243. Blue-faced honeyeater
244. Eastern spinebill
245. Brown gerygone
246. Sangled drongo
247. Brown honeyeater
248. Australian pipit
249. Figbird
250. White-cheeked honeyeater
Byron Bay
251. Torresian crow
252. Pied butcherbird
253. Noisy friarbird
Brisbane
254. Fairy martin
(Superb fairy-wren)
Fraser Island
255. Osprey
256. Red-capped plover
257. Pied oystercatcher
258. Bar-shouldered dove
259. Large-billed scrubwren
Uncertain sightings
Probable white-plumed honeyeater in Canberra.
Non-birds
Glimpse of a humpback whale at Byron Bay. Numerous bottlenose dolphins. A fur seal off Byron Bay (Arctocephalus fosteri). Red fox seen from train. European rabbits. Short-beaked echnida near Anna Bay (Port Stephens). Various kangaroos and wallabies seen from train, presumably mostly Eastern grey kangaroos. Various sharks, possibly including tiger shark, and also a manta ray, seen off Fraser Island. Also a python.
Saturday, 5 July 2008
July 2008
In and around Sydney, including Gosford and the Blue Mountains.
194. Chestnut teal
195. Grey teal
196. Australian grebe
197. Black-shouldered kite
198. Black-fronted dotterel
199. Black-winged stilt
200. Superb fairy-wren
201. Red wattlebird
202. Fuscous honeyeater
203. Crested tern
204. Galah
205. Australian brush-turkey
194. Chestnut teal
195. Grey teal
196. Australian grebe
197. Black-shouldered kite
198. Black-fronted dotterel
199. Black-winged stilt
200. Superb fairy-wren
201. Red wattlebird
202. Fuscous honeyeater
203. Crested tern
204. Galah
205. Australian brush-turkey
Friday, 27 June 2008
May-June 2008
In and around Sydney.
(Black swan)
178. Australian wood duck
179. Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) 1
180. Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) 2
(Great cormorant) 3
(Pied Cormorant (Pied shag))
(Little pied cormorant)
(White-faced heron)
181. Australian white ibis
(Royal spoonbill)
182. Australian pelican
183. Dusky moorhen
(Eurasian (Australasian) coot)
184. Purple swamphen
(Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)) 4
(Silver gull) 5
(Feral pigeon)
(Spotted turtle dove (Spotted dove))
185. Crested pigeon
(Sulphur-crested cockatoo) 6
186. Rainbow lorikeet
187. Laughing kookaburra
188. Noisy miner
189. New Holland honeyeater
190. Magpie-lark
191. Willie wagtail
(Grey fantail) 7
(Australian magpie (G. t. tibicen))
192. Pied currawong
193. Australian raven
(Common mynah)
(Common starling)
(Welcome swallow)
(House sparrow)
1 Same species as that seen in hybridised form in New Zealand.
2 Morecombe M. lists this species as Anhinga melanogaster. However, internet searches suggest it is a different species, A. novaehollandiae.
3 Same species as Black cormoran seen in New Zealand.
4 Same species as Spur-winged lapwing seen in New Zealand.
5 Same species as Red-billed gull seen in New Zealand.
6 Same species as White cockatoo seen in New Zealand.
7 Same species as Fantail seen in New Zealand.
Uncertain sightings
Button-quail (Turnix spp.) seen near Lunar Park in Sydney. Presumably feral? Yellow legs and yellow stripe on top of head.
Non-birds
An injured possum in central Sydney. Numerous grey-headed flying foxes in Sydney, especially in the Botanic Gardens.
(Black swan)
178. Australian wood duck
179. Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) 1
180. Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) 2
(Great cormorant) 3
(Pied Cormorant (Pied shag))
(Little pied cormorant)
(White-faced heron)
181. Australian white ibis
(Royal spoonbill)
182. Australian pelican
183. Dusky moorhen
(Eurasian (Australasian) coot)
184. Purple swamphen
(Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)) 4
(Silver gull) 5
(Feral pigeon)
(Spotted turtle dove (Spotted dove))
185. Crested pigeon
(Sulphur-crested cockatoo) 6
186. Rainbow lorikeet
187. Laughing kookaburra
188. Noisy miner
189. New Holland honeyeater
190. Magpie-lark
191. Willie wagtail
(Grey fantail) 7
(Australian magpie (G. t. tibicen))
192. Pied currawong
193. Australian raven
(Common mynah)
(Common starling)
(Welcome swallow)
(House sparrow)
1 Same species as that seen in hybridised form in New Zealand.
2 Morecombe M. lists this species as Anhinga melanogaster. However, internet searches suggest it is a different species, A. novaehollandiae.
3 Same species as Black cormoran seen in New Zealand.
4 Same species as Spur-winged lapwing seen in New Zealand.
5 Same species as Red-billed gull seen in New Zealand.
6 Same species as White cockatoo seen in New Zealand.
7 Same species as Fantail seen in New Zealand.
Uncertain sightings
Button-quail (Turnix spp.) seen near Lunar Park in Sydney. Presumably feral? Yellow legs and yellow stripe on top of head.
Non-birds
An injured possum in central Sydney. Numerous grey-headed flying foxes in Sydney, especially in the Botanic Gardens.
Saturday, 17 May 2008
April 2008
After a few more days in Auckland, travelled south via Rotarua and Taupo to Wellington. Then to the South Island: Marlborough area, Kaikoura, Christchurch, the west coast, Queenstown and Dunedin.
North Island
149. Little shag
150. Black swan (introduced)
151. Canada goose (introduced)
152. New Zealand soveller
153. New Zealand dabchick
154. White cockatoo
155. Red-crowned parakeet
156. Tomtit (P. m. toitoi)
157. Grey warbler
158. New Zealand pipit
159. Hedge sparrow
160. Greenfinch
161. New Zealand falcon
South Island
162. Black-browed mollymawk
163. Westland black petrel
164. Sooty shearwater
165. Spotted shag
166. Banded dotterel
167. Black-fronted tern
168. White heron
169. Grey teal
170. Crested grebe
171. California quail
172. Yellow-eyed penguin
173. Stewart Island shag
174. Royal spoonbill
(Hybridised mallard/grey duck)
175. Weka
176. Caspian tern
177. Brown creeper
(Tomtit (P. m. macrocephala))
Uncertain sightings
Many sea-birds seen from Picton ferry, around Kaikoura and Otago penninsular. Giant petrel (Macronectes sp.), storm petrel (thought to be either black-bellied or grey-backed).
Non-birds
Sperm whale, common dolphin, dusky dolphin, Hooker's sea-lion, southern sea-lion, rabbit, brown hare, hedgehog and mouse.
North Island
149. Little shag
150. Black swan (introduced)
151. Canada goose (introduced)
152. New Zealand soveller
153. New Zealand dabchick
154. White cockatoo
155. Red-crowned parakeet
156. Tomtit (P. m. toitoi)
157. Grey warbler
158. New Zealand pipit
159. Hedge sparrow
160. Greenfinch
161. New Zealand falcon
South Island
162. Black-browed mollymawk
163. Westland black petrel
164. Sooty shearwater
165. Spotted shag
166. Banded dotterel
167. Black-fronted tern
168. White heron
169. Grey teal
170. Crested grebe
171. California quail
172. Yellow-eyed penguin
173. Stewart Island shag
174. Royal spoonbill
(Hybridised mallard/grey duck)
175. Weka
176. Caspian tern
177. Brown creeper
(Tomtit (P. m. macrocephala))
Uncertain sightings
Many sea-birds seen from Picton ferry, around Kaikoura and Otago penninsular. Giant petrel (Macronectes sp.), storm petrel (thought to be either black-bellied or grey-backed).
Non-birds
Sperm whale, common dolphin, dusky dolphin, Hooker's sea-lion, southern sea-lion, rabbit, brown hare, hedgehog and mouse.
March 2008
Towards the end of February I arrived in Auckland, New Zealand. These species were seen either in or around the city, or in Coromandel.
Auckland
114. Australian gannet
115. Mallard (introduced)
116. Australian harrier
117. Australian coot
118. Pukeko
119. Spur-winged lapwing
120. Variable oystercatcher
121. South Island pied oystercatcher
(Dominican (black-backed) gull)
122. Red-billed gull
123. New Zealand pigeon
(Feral pigeon)
124. Spotted dove (introduced)
125. Crimson rosella
126. Welcome swallow
127. Silvereye
128. Blacbird (introduced)
129. Song thrush (introuced)
130. Tui
(House sparrow)
131 Yellowhammer (introduced)
132. Goldfich (introduced)
133. Starling (introuced)
134. Indin mynah (introduced)
135. Chaffinch (introduced)
136. White-fronted tern
137. Fantail
138. New Zealand kingfisher
Coromandel
139. Pied shag
140. Black shag
141. White-faced heron
142. Paradise shelduck
143. Pheasant (introduced)
144. Turkey (introduced)
145. Pied stilt
146. Skylark (introduced)
147. Bellbird
148. Australian magpie (G. t. hypoleuca)
Uncertain sightings
Large group of storm petrels sitting on surface about 100m out to sea, on west coast of Coromandel penninsular, possibly white-faced.
Auckland
114. Australian gannet
115. Mallard (introduced)
116. Australian harrier
117. Australian coot
118. Pukeko
119. Spur-winged lapwing
120. Variable oystercatcher
121. South Island pied oystercatcher
(Dominican (black-backed) gull)
122. Red-billed gull
123. New Zealand pigeon
(Feral pigeon)
124. Spotted dove (introduced)
125. Crimson rosella
126. Welcome swallow
127. Silvereye
128. Blacbird (introduced)
129. Song thrush (introuced)
130. Tui
(House sparrow)
131 Yellowhammer (introduced)
132. Goldfich (introduced)
133. Starling (introuced)
134. Indin mynah (introduced)
135. Chaffinch (introduced)
136. White-fronted tern
137. Fantail
138. New Zealand kingfisher
Coromandel
139. Pied shag
140. Black shag
141. White-faced heron
142. Paradise shelduck
143. Pheasant (introduced)
144. Turkey (introduced)
145. Pied stilt
146. Skylark (introduced)
147. Bellbird
148. Australian magpie (G. t. hypoleuca)
Uncertain sightings
Large group of storm petrels sitting on surface about 100m out to sea, on west coast of Coromandel penninsular, possibly white-faced.
Thursday, 1 May 2008
February 2008
Last few days in Argentina (around Bariloche) and then into Chile: Osorno, Santiago and Valparaiso.
Bariloche
100. Striped woodpecker
(Southern lapwing)
(Chimango caracara)
101. Black-faced ibis
102. Thorn-tailed rayadito
103. Chiguanco thrush
104. White-crested elaenia
105. Black-faced ibis
106. Andean (brown-hooded) gull
107. Austral blackbird
Santiago
108. Shiny cowbird
Valparaiso/Vina del Mar
109. Masked booby
110. Peruvian pelican
111. Spot-flanked gallinule
112. Dark-bellied cinclodes
113. Guanay cormorant
Non-birds
Marine otter (Lontra felina) in sea at Valparaiso. Also fur seals, presumably South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis).
Bariloche
100. Striped woodpecker
(Southern lapwing)
(Chimango caracara)
101. Black-faced ibis
102. Thorn-tailed rayadito
103. Chiguanco thrush
104. White-crested elaenia
105. Black-faced ibis
106. Andean (brown-hooded) gull
107. Austral blackbird
Santiago
108. Shiny cowbird
Valparaiso/Vina del Mar
109. Masked booby
110. Peruvian pelican
111. Spot-flanked gallinule
112. Dark-bellied cinclodes
113. Guanay cormorant
Non-birds
Marine otter (Lontra felina) in sea at Valparaiso. Also fur seals, presumably South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis).
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