Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
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The Oriental dollarbird is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive pale blue or white, coin-shaped spots on its wings. It can be found from Australia to Korea, Japan and India. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 7,217 times across 20 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Oceania ranged from 31°S in January to 21°S in January, about 1,100 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Oceania29 December 202528 September 20269 February 20263
Asia27 July 202627 July 20263 August 20261

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.