Ayuthaya Thailand Jan 2023 Flycatchers (1 Viewer)

[RogerioRodrigues]

3 Diferent birds seen in different areas in Ayuthaya , Like to have opinions on those.

The way I see it is 1 and 3 Asian Brown , since they look all plain brown and 2 Red Throated as it seams darker on the tail and has some white below the beak.

 

[andyb39]

All are Taiga. Apart from the white sides to the base of the tail, all three have a smaller head with a small dark bill (broader-based and wedge-shaped on ABF, with a yellow base to the lower mandible) and lack the prominent pale lore and white eye-ring of that species. They're the wrong coloration too - ABF is lighter and greyer above above and cold white below, and would never show the buff-orange wash on the flanks visible in 1 & 2 (also orange on the wing-bend - a feature of 1st-winter birds?). Also note the blackish upper side of the tail in no.2 and especially the black upper-tail coverts, which contrast with the grey rump/lower back. No.2 is also developing an orange throat.

 

[opisska]

I always think to myself that the Taigas have big eyes. Asian brown looks like a weird Spotted, Taiga (or RBF) looks like a tiny Nightingale.

 

[RogerioRodrigues]

Thank you Andy , that is a very valuable description , I have see many other flycatchers in this trip and those details will make me more confident to make a correct identification from now on.

Thanks Opisska , good point.