Lisa Preston has just sent me details of a pitta seen yesterday
(11/11) on the Winifred Beach track on Christmas Island. It was
videoed by Braydon Moloney. The bird has a narrow pale supercilium
above the black through the face which seems to identify it as a
Fairy Pitta (rather than a Blue-winged Pitta). This would be the
first record for Christmas Island and the second for Australia (the
first was in Derby in 2007). But ID has to be confirmed.
Lisa reports that in recent times she has flushed birds she thinks
could have been Black Bittern, Whimbrel and a Japanese/Chinese
Sparrowhawk but they were gone before she could positively ID
them. These are uncommon to rare birds for CI. I believe that the
annual tours will be happening in the next few weeks, so hopefully
more reports of unusual sightings. Lisa does say that there has been
no rain for some time, and that it is extremely dry there at the moment.
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