Papua New Guinea - Some old and terrible photos (1 Viewer)

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BirdMeister01

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• Jan 13, 2017

• #1

I was going through a few photos from my time in Papua New Guinea and found a few birds I couldn't ID. They are all from the Sepik regions.

Number 1: Maybe a manucode. Near Sissano Lagoon, Sandaun Province.
2: Shag I think. Sepik River, East Sepik Province
3: There are 2 birds in this one, the orange and black I think is a Golden Myna, and I have no idea about the other one.
4: Like a brown starling thingy, seen on Yuo Island, East Sepik Province


Thanks so much to the incredibly skilled birder who can ID these,
Liam

 

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Andy Adcock

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• Jan 13, 2017

• #2

2 looks like a Darter or Cormorant


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sicklebill

well-known Cretaceous relic

• Jan 13, 2017

• #3

Glossy-mantled Manucode
Little Black Cormorant
Golden Myna and unknowable
# 4 has me puzzled- is that really a dark cap?

 

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BirdMeister01

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• Jan 14, 2017

• #4

Unknowable? I would have thought the silhouette was pretty distinctive but oh well. The brownish one (5) was near a group of Metallic Starlings, if that helps. Here is another one that I am 90% sure is just a sacred kingfisher but I'm just checking. The white stripe on the head doesn't look right.

Thanks!

 

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Bryon Wright

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• Jan 23, 2017

• #5

BirdMeister,
Agree, with the Sacred Kingfisher. Surely the mystery bird is the Triller, in a rarely illustrated plumage. Have seen untypical Varied Triller even though this sounds like an oxymoron.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jan 23, 2017

• #6

sicklebill said:

# 4 has me puzzled- is that really a dark cap?

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Dunno what it is, but this might help:

 

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Indobirder

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• Jan 24, 2017

• #7

The kingfisher is a female Rufous-bellied Kookaburra IMHO.

And my guess on the pic 4 is Immature Boyer's Cuckooshrike molting it's tail

 

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BirdMeister01

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• Jan 26, 2017

• #8

Bryon Wright said:

BirdMeister,
Agree, with the Sacred Kingfisher. Surely the mystery bird is the Triller, in a rarely illustrated plumage. Have seen untypical Varied Triller even though this sounds like an oxymoron.

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But apparently VT's are only found in the south?

 

Bryon Wright

Well-known member

• Jan 30, 2017

• #9

Birdmeister,
think Indo birder has provided a better solution to these two than me. Do you agree that there are no white markings only a bedraggled upper back on the mystery bird? Cuckoo-shrikes, like waxwings never seem to have untidy plumages and always look as if they have been sprayed with acrylic!