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Recent content by Dave B

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    Olivey-yellow bird, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Sounds like a female Baya Weaver to me.
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    Please help with ID and thanks in advance

    It's a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. You can just make out one elongated filament at the tip of the outermost tail feather on the left side. These often get broken off when the plumage is worn.
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    Lesser or Greater Sand plover ? Malaysia

    Yes, schaeferi is the only race of Lesser recorded for certain in Malaysia, and that's what both these are. Interestingly, the bill is not only the longest of all LSP taxa, but its shape also approaches that of Greater more closely than other races - the tip being more sharply tapered than...
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    Raptor? Port Dickson, Peninsular Malaysia

    The first is a Spotted Dove
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    yellow bird, Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia, 5/24/2018

    Plain (Brown) - throated
  6. Dave B

    What kind of this cuckoo?

    Plaintive
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    Short-tailed Shearwater? (September, Monterey Bay, California)

    Yes, I would say these are spot on for Short-tailed, a bird I am very familiar with from annual spring migration off the west Peninsular Malaysia coast. The head and bill shape are distinctively different from Sooty, which is a species I have looked for repeatedly here without success!
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    Malaysia IV: swifts

    I think it's partly an impression created by the angle, the wing width is foreshortened but not the length, and this doubles the effect of making them look long and spindly. The head and tail shape are totally wrong for Asian Palm and spot on for a swiftlet. I did consider Waterfall/Giant...
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    Malaysia II

    Re the PBF, it's all in the jizz!
  10. Dave B

    Malaysia II

    I'm thinking Abbott's now. Yes, I would agree.
  11. Dave B

    Malaysia II

    James says Hill Blue, and I think I agree (it's generally a good policy to agree with JE)!
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    Malaysia II

    Hi Andy, Yes, a rare foray into Birdforum land! The babbler is a bit of a stretch, but the grey face and relatively small bill clinch it for me, just. If the underparts were visible, I would expect to see rather rich peachy orange colouration. No 5 is a genuine puzzle. I've lightened it on...
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    Some birds from Borneo and Labuan to ID

    You have a lovely set of 'nihonensis' race Kentish Plovers there. Nihonensis is the taxon which breeds in Japan and winters largely in north Borneo. It is not recognised in most literature, but is quite distinctive in my view, with its large bill, pale flesh-coloured legs and long breast patches...
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    Malaysia IV: swifts

    1 and 3 are Germain's, 2 is House, 4 and 5 may well be Black-nest.
  15. Dave B

    Malaysia V: swifts 2

    1 and 5 are Plume-toed (formerly Glossy); 2-4 are Germain's.
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