Image: Dave Hinchliffe
Image Copyright Gerardo Messere
Last Observed: April 2016 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: Gerardo Messere, Dave Hinchliffe
The Pacific Swallow is a small member of the swallow family that breeds in south and southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
It grows only to about 13cm in length and has a blue and greay back and wings and a red throat.
Like other swallows it is a fast flier and feeds on insects whilst in the air.
Image: Dave Hinchliffe
Last Observed: January 2009 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
The Crimson Sunbird is a member of the nectar-feeding sunbird family of birds. These tiny birds occupy a similar evolutionary niche to the better-known hummingbirds of the Americas. The look similar and have very fast-beating wings that allow them to hover and use their long bills to feed on nectar.
The adult crimson sunbird only grows up to 11cm in length and has a brilliant red colouration of head, breast and back..
Image Copyright Paweena Khamsap
Image Copyright Paweena Khamsap
Last Observed: January 2016 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: Paweena Khamsap
The Chinese Pond Heron is a medium sized freshwaterwater bird native to East Asia.
It has a regular plumage of white and brown feathers but it dresses up for breeding season by developing a striking red white and blue colouration.
they feed on fish, insects and crustaceans and are a relatively plentiful species.
Last Observed: December 2015 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: สุธนัย ครุพานิช
The Siberian Blue Robin is a small bird that is a member of the Old World Flycatcher family. As the name suggests it is a seasonal migratory species that spends winter in Southeast asia and Indonesia before travelling to eastern asia and Japan – a long journey for such a small bird.
It is plentiful in number and feeds on insects.
Image Copyright Suthanai Krupanich
Image Copyright Suthanai Krupanich
Image Copyright สุธนัย ครุพานิช
Last Observed: December 2015 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: สุธนัย ครุพานิช
The Orange-headed thrush should probably be called the orange-head-and-bodied thrush with bluish-grey wings if accuracy was an issue. It is a common woodland resident across India and Southeast Asia.
It is a ground feeder and feeds on insects, spiders and the like.
Orange-headed thrush Wikipedia
Image Copyright Parinya Pawangkhanant
Last Observed: December 2015 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: Parinya Pawangkhanant
The Oriental bay owl is a species of bay owl, usually these are classified with barn owls. Like most owls it is a nocturnal hunter and has excellent night vision. And also like other owls it is a most excellent animal.
In addition to being found on Koh Chang it is distributed throughout Southeast asia.
Observed: Koh Chang, February 2015
Observed By: David Vinot
The poor old Oriental magpie-Robin has been the victim of confusion. At first it was thought to be a member of the thrush family but these days it has been classified as an old-world flycatcher, whatever that is. Add to that the fact that it’s called a magpie -Robin because it looks like a robin sized magpie and it’s a grand recipe for confusion.
What we do know, however, is that it is a pretty little black and white bird that lives on Koh Chang.
Observed: Koh Chang
Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
The Black-Naped Monarch, aka the Black-Naped Blue flycatcher is a small Koh Chang native bird with a beautiful, almost iridescent, blue plumage. they are tropical forest dwellers and the male of the species has the brighter plumage and the distinctive black nape stripe.
Observed: Koh Chang, February 2015
Observed By: David Vinot
The Red Junglefowl is the bird that was domesticated as the chicken. Koh Chang has more than its fair share of domestic chickens, as you will be reminded ad nauseum by their fiercely annoying cries at dawn and often before. Some of them are wild or only in semi-captivity, roaming all over the place staring at you with their funny eyes protruding from their horrid novelty condom heads. So whether this counts as a native species or not there are certainly an awful lot of them on Koh Chang.
Eggs are useful though and chicken tastes good.
Observed: Koh Chang, February 2015
Observed By: David Vinot
The Red Collared Dove, aqlso known as the Red Turtle Dove, is a member of the pigeon family but with it’s elegant pinkish feathers it seems a very long way from the thuggish, scruffy, streetwise pigeons that blight many towns and cities.
