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Recent content by Ian David Ellis

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    The Birder's Guide to Africa, Mills

    I can only completely agree Andy. I had planned to give a copy of one of these away as a present but I would feel guilty about doing so now. The huge stack of pages devoted to bird families is pointless and quite frankly bizarre. I can't remember being so disappointed with a book; I haven't...
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    Olive-yellow bird with gray-blue head - Trinidad & Tobago

    female white-shouldered tanager my first impression
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    More birds from around Savegre, Costa Rica

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    More birds from around Savegre, Costa Rica

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    More birds from around Savegre, Costa Rica

    Its a Brown-capped Vireo
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    Lineated Woodcreeper

    "XC’s taxonomy follows that of the IOC, which does not split Lepidocolaptes albolineatus.....it would therefore seem sensible for XC to align its taxonomy now with the SACC by elevating the five subspecies of L. albolineatus currently recognized by XC to species status. If this departure from...
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    Terpsiphone paradisi? Malaysia

    Well, Asian Paradise Flycatcher has been split into three recently and T.paradisi now refers to Indian Paradise-Flycatcher. So the Bornean bird is presumably T.affinis (Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher).
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    Is avian taxonomy still dependent on ongoing specimen collection?

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    Cydia sp

    Thanks David, I very nearly overlooked it. I see they are very scarce in Hunts, not sure about over the border here in VC29?
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    Cydia sp

    I thought this might be Cydia fagiglandana rather than the more regular (in the Cambridgeshire Fens at least) C. splendana. Any thoughts? Thanks Ian
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    Ecuadorian birds

    First photo - possibly Dusky-chested Flycatcher?
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    next one

    Looks more like Black-billed Thrush to me - habitat looks better for that species too!
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    Masked Flowerpiercer? Ecuador

    Yes, an immature male I guess.
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    Yet more micros, Cambs

    Looking at Grapholita pictures online, perhaps janthinana is a good match. I have no idea if its diagnostic but the pale legs might be a helpful?
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    Yet more micros, Cambs

    Thanks both - I had started to to stray towards a Coleophora for the first one, so yes, happy for that one to continue to be ignored....
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