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  1. sicklebill

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    I think it's like with many Arabic names, with non-standardised versions of spelling, don't really care either way, we went through all this with Macgregor/MacGregor's Bowerbird and either seemed fine to me. I don't have a problem with Spot-breasted Cuckoo Dove.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Wetar and Timor are in Sunda, not Australasia
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    Phnom Penh, Cambodia - id help please

    Looks good and certainly worth adding
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    Phnom Penh, Cambodia - id help please

    Did you see the bird rather than just photographing it? If you did the grey would be very apparent assuming it's Cambodian Tailorbird, your images certainly look plausible.
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    Phnom Penh, Cambodia - id help please

    Common, Dark-necked and Cambodian are all in the Phnom Penh area, if it's grey above then must be Cambodian but but I can't tell the colour from the photo
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    Bird ID - Thala Beach near Port Douglas, Queensland and Sydney Botanical Grdns - Jan 24

    definitely Black Butcherbird, immature plumage, otherwise agree with the Fern
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    Phnom Penh, Cambodia - id help please

    Brown Flycatcher and Plaintive Cuckoo; where was the tailorbird photographed?
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    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 21

    I'll stay with my original thought which was Variable, for all the reasons given above
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    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 21

    In which case Gre In which case Grey-headed Goshawk may be an option if so
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    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 22

    Having enlarged the photo I agree, Fawn-breasted is there
  11. sicklebill

    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 21

    Agree, this is what comes of viewing these photos on a small screen....
  12. sicklebill

    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 22

    Puff-backed looks a reasonable choice The doves are Orange-bellied No idea what 3 could be, can't see enough Coconut Lorikeet for the last parrots
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    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 23

    Agreed with white morph Variable Goshawk, not sure how frequent the white morph is at Nimbokrang
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    Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 21

    1 Looks rather like a falcon, seems to have a moustachial pattern 2 Long-billed Honeyeater 3 Rainbow Bee-eater 4 Long-billed Honeyeater 5 Rainbow Bee-eater
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    Your silliest/most entertaining/unlikely birding accomplishments

    I stepped out for a pee in the Sepik in PNG, and had Bare-eyed Rail walk right past.
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