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Asiaworld-PEA Part II

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I wanted to field test the Bigma + 2x TC and Bigma + 1.4x TC + 2x TC in a place with wide open spaces.
And this Manila Bay reclamation area presented the perfect place with its perched herons and coucals. Got one lifer too as a bonus...8-)
Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.
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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax

Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.

Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.
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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax

Habitat - Uncommon, roosting in trees often near water during the day, flying out in loose flocks at twilight to feed in a variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.

Slaty-breasted Rail Scientific name - Gallirallus striatus Habitat - Uncommon in freshwater wetlands including ricefields, also in drier grasslands.
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Slaty-breasted Rail

Scientific name - Gallirallus striatus

Habitat - Uncommon in freshwater wetlands including ricefields, also in drier grasslands.

 Slaty-breasted Rail Scientific name - Gallirallus striatus Habitat - Uncommon in freshwater wetlands including ricefields, also in drier grasslands.
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Slaty-breasted Rail

Scientific name - Gallirallus striatus

Habitat - Uncommon in freshwater wetlands including ricefields, also in drier grasslands.

Slaty-breasted Rail Scientific name - Gallirallus striatus Habitat - Uncommon in freshwater wetlands including ricefields, also in drier grasslands.
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Slaty-breasted Rail

Scientific name - Gallirallus striatus

Habitat - Uncommon in freshwater wetlands including ricefields, also in drier grasslands.

Chestnut Munia Scientific name: Lonchura malacca Habitat: Ricefields, grasslands and open country.
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Chestnut Munia

Scientific name: Lonchura malacca

Habitat: Ricefields, grasslands and open country.

Lesser Coucal Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.
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Lesser Coucal

Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis

Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.

Lesser Coucal Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.
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Lesser Coucal

Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis

Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.

Spotted Dove Scientific name - Streptopelia chinensis Habitat - Common in open country and agricultural areas.
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Spotted Dove

Scientific name - Streptopelia chinensis

Habitat - Common in open country and agricultural areas.

Barred Rail Scientific name: Gallirallus torquatus Habitat: Edges of wetlands, gardens and drier cogon grasslands.
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Barred Rail

Scientific name: Gallirallus torquatus

Habitat: Edges of wetlands, gardens and drier cogon grasslands.

Lesser Coucal Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.
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Lesser Coucal

Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis

Habitat - Common in grassland and open country, often perched at top of grass.

Scaly-Breasted Munia Scientific name: Lonchura punctulata Habitat: Ricefileds, grasslands, gardens and shrubs.
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Scaly-Breasted Munia

Scientific name: Lonchura punctulata

Habitat: Ricefileds, grasslands, gardens and shrubs.

Barred Rail Scientific name: Gallirallus torquatus Habitat: Edges of wetlands, gardens and drier cogon grasslands. (In the background is a spotted dove.)
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Barred Rail

Scientific name: Gallirallus torquatus

Habitat: Edges of wetlands, gardens and drier cogon grasslands.

(In the background is a spotted dove.)


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