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    Sparrow Audio for ID - Illinois, USA - Nov 2023

    Need ID help on this sparrow call. Bird net is suggesting Golden-crowned Sparrow, which would be rare but not completely absurd here. Any thoughts please? ML612606580 - new world sparrow sp. - Macaulay Library
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    Shrike for ID - West Bengal, India - Oct 2022

    Wondering if this Brown Shrike could be the Japanese ssp (Lanius cristatus superciliosus)?
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    Phylloscopus Call for ID - Eastern Himalayas, India

    Please review this call on eBird and suggest if this is a Two-barred Warbler or some subspecies of Greenish Warbler. I did not see this bird at all but its call is not matching with the P. trochiloides calls that I am familiar with in Eastern India. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/578385741
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    Locustella for ID - West Bengal, India, March 2023

    We are debating whether this is a Spotted or a Baikal Bush Warbler. The bird emerged from dry grass upon Spotted and Baikal's call playback from Merlin. The song audible in the video is a Baikal call playback from Merlin.
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    Reed Warbler - Kolkata, India

    I know it is a tough ask, but is there any possibility that this could be a Large-billed Reed Warbler, and not a Blyth's? It was foraging rather openly at mid-level on an Acacia (usually, the wintering Blyth's here keep themselves within bushes and undergrowths) and the bill looked larger than...
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    Harrier for ID - West Bengal, India

    Need an ID on this raptor. It is either an Eurasian or an Eastern Marsh Harrier, but I am unable to deduce beyond that. Clicked in Jan 2023 at a marshland near the Himalayan foothills.
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    Snipe for ID - Southern West Bengal, Eastern India, Dec 2022

    Bird #1: North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India, 30/12/2022 More photos: https://ebird.org/india/checklist/S124872472 Bird #2: Hooghly district, West Bengal, India, 26/12/2022 More photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S124609334 All records from semi-dry grassland habitats. Bird #1 has...
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    Locustella for ID - Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Need an ID confirmation on this locustella warbler - Lanceolated or Common Grasshopper? Seen at Kolkata outskirts, yesterday (16th Nov 2022). We have earlier records of both species from here. LAWA was found last winter, and CGHW the year before.
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    Buteo for ID - Eastern Himalayas, West Bengal, India

    Himalayan Buzzard will be the usual suspect here. But I am wondering if the monochrome colours and compact shape can point to an Eastern Buzzard here? Thoughts? Seen at an altitude of 10,000 feet, near India and Nepal border, Singalila National Park. October 2022. Photo (C) Aniruddha Roy.
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    Sylvia Warbler for ID - West Bengal, India

    Is the a Lesser Whitethroat or a 1st winter Orphean Warbler? Seen at Jhargram, West Bengal, Dec 2018.
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    Oriole for ID - Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Seen at a urban park in Kolkata, India during early winter. Black-naped or Slender-billed Oriole? There are records of both species at this location.
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    Short-toed Lark for ID - West Bengal, India, Oct 2022

    Need ID confirmation between Hume's and Mongolian (Sykes's) Short-toed Lark.
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    Short-toed Lark for ID - Kolkata, India, Oct 2021

    This bird was spotted at coastal West Bengal in April this year. Is it possible to guess between Hume's v/s Mongolian (Sykes's) based on this single flight shot? It is showing emargination on P9 and P8 but other primaries are not clearly visible. P6 seems shorter but not sure if short enough to...
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    Pipit for ID - Kolkata, India

    Looks rather plump, shorter-tailed, stronger-billed for a typical Paddyfield but I cannot find a better match here. Thoughts? Seen at Kolkata suburbs earlier this week.
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    Short-toed Lark for ID - Kolkata, India, Oct 2021

    Only image available. Is it possible to distinguish between Hume's and Syskes's (Mongolian)?
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    Wagtail - West Bengal, India - Sept 2022

    Who could be this bizarre-looking wagtail? Eastern Yellow and Citrine are the expected species here and it looks not quite like any of those.
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    Pipit for ID - Maharashtra, India, Feb 2022

    A Tree Pipit?
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    Gull for ID - Coastal West Bengal, India, Aug 2022

    Single image available. P9 and P10 seems worn juvenile feathers and bleached but P5/6/7/8 are new generation. An immature Brown-headed Gull? I think it is a bit early to call it 1st Winter.
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    Frigatebird for ID - West Bengal, India, May 2020

    This bird was spotted 200km inland from the nearest coast in southern West Bengal, India, flying south towards the Bay of Bengal, after a super-cyclone caused havoc in May 2020. The observer logged this bird as Christmas Island Frigatebird in eBird but I was wondering why can't this be a...
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    Egret for ID - Coastal West Bengal, India

    Hello, Sharing photos of a white Egret that has been the subject of a long debate and opinions are now divided between Western Reef Heron and Little Egret. These photos were clicked by (C) Santanb M in the spring of 2019 (April), at the coast of Bay of Bengal. One of the photos show three white...
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    Tagged Great Knot - Eastern India, July 2022

    We have the arrival of a Great Knot, tagged EE4, in one of our Eastern Indian beaches, state of Odisha, off the coast of Bay of Bengal. Any suggestion on where to report this sighting? Thanks. Photo...
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    Call for ID - San Francisco - May 2005 #3

    Main call is a Scrub Jay. But there are some faint background calls between 0:10 - 0:30 s. Anything identifiable? Stanford Palo Alto campus. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/465948441
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    Call for ID - San Francisco - May 2005 #2

    A short and faint recording. Is this identifiable? Stanford Palo Alto campus. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/465948391
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    Call for ID - San Francisco - May 2005 #1

    Wanted to confirm if this is a White-crowned Sparrow? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/465949681 Also, there is a 3-note call at the end of the recording (0:35 s). Is it possible to ID? Golden Gate bridge, SF end.
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    Call for ID, Yellowstone NP, USA, September

    Unidentified call at 0:02 s. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/451403591 Unidentified call between 0:03 - 0:05 s. Merlin suggests Whooper Swan but I am not so sure. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/451405271 Some raptor? There is a Bald Eagle in my checklist...
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