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ekopa

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• Mar 4, 2016

• #1

Hello!

Please help with the identification of these birds from Singapore, photographed in October
1. Juvenile Brahminy Kite? Sungei Buloh
2-3. Chinese egret? Sungei Buloh
4 There was a flock of Common Redshanks in Sungei Buloh. Quite a few were ringed like this one. Just wondering where was it ringed. Probably it was already reported many times as there were lots of observers hanging around
5 Oriental Honey Buzzard? McRitchie Reservoir

 

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ekopa

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• Mar 4, 2016

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6-8. These are Arctic Warblers (P. borealis). Is there a good way to separate them from the newly split Kamchatka Leaf Warblers (P examinandus)? The Japanese LW (P. xanthodryas) should be much yellower on the underparts. so probably it's excluded here. All from Sungei Buloh.
9-10. Again the split adds some headache. Which Asian Paradise Flycatcher is this? Indian, Oriental or Amur? McRitchie Reservoir

 

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jiaolang

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• Mar 4, 2016

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1. Juvenile Brahminy kite
2-3. Little egret
4. Try this http://www.shorebird-network.net/PDFs/Asia-Pacific-Flyways-leg-flags.pdf
5. immature Changeable hawk eagle
6-8. I'll leave them as Arctic
9-10. Oriental

 

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ekopa

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• Mar 5, 2016

• #4

Thank you!
On 2-3. Why is it Little and not Chinese Egret? The bill and legs look good for Chinese...

 

Bryon Wright

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• Mar 5, 2016

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ekopa, empathise with your feelings about Chinese. Your bird even has chrome yellow lores. The northern race of little egret has very chinese egret proportions. It usually shows a jet black bill though, which your bird does not. Your bird even has the two tone vertical leg colours very unusual for little egret.

 

Bryon Wright

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• Mar 5, 2016

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ekopa, think your warblers are bog standard borealis for the region. Very brown and worn and engaged in a protacted primary and tail moult about now.

 

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jiaolang

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• Mar 5, 2016

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ekopa said:

Thank you!
On 2-3. Why is it Little and not Chinese Egret? The bill and legs look good for Chinese...

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No, the bill and legs do not look good for Chinese at all.

 

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ekopa

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• Mar 5, 2016

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jiaolang said:

No, the bill and legs do not look good for Chinese at all.

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Please help me understand. It's quitte similar to this one http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?p=2&Bird_ID=1118&Bird_Family_ID=&pagesize=1&Location=
Why isn't it a Chinese Egret?