Id Help - Waigeo, West Papua - 15 (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

Request Id help for these birds photographed in Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia in July 2023

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2) Sacred Kingfisher?
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4)
5) Black Kite?
6) Papuan eclectus?
7) Papuan hornbill ?

 

[Butty]

4. Presumably olive-crowned flowerpecker.

 

[THE_FERN]

2 agree
4 presumably olive-crowned
5 yes (black ear coverts rule out brahminy)
6 probably: not sure what other options there are (it's not great-billed parrot)
7 Blythe's hornbill unless there's a split/alternative name I'm unaware of

 

[Andy Adcock]

1. Looks like a Drongo?

3. Based solely on the underpart pattern, nearest I can get is Spotted Honeyeater?

 

[Butty]

5. Not terribly black-kite-like, eg whitish lower belly, not-forked-looking and pale tail. Maybe whistling kite.

 

[THE_FERN]

5. Not terribly black-kite-like, eg whitish lower belly, not-forked-looking and pale tail. Maybe whistling kite.

Agree not black kite-like: I thought juvenile brahminy but neither that nor whistling kite have black ear coverts (was also unaware whistling kite could occur there}

 

[Indobirder]

I don't see black ear coverts.
Looks fine for Brahminy.

6. Great-billed Parrot
2. Yes, Sacred Kingfisher

The hornbill is the only one present. Blyth's / Papuan, same bird afaik.

 

[THE_FERN]

I don't see black ear coverts.
Looks fine for Brahminy.

6. Great-billed Parrot
2. Yes, Sacred Kingfisher

The hornbill is the only one present. Blyth's / Papuan, same bird afaik.

Perhaps the "ear-coverts" are just shadow, in which case agree brahminy.

Great-billed parrot has a red or strongly red-orange bill: this has yellow-orange. Its bill is notably larger than here and it has yellow underwing coverts. So suggest it cannot be that species unless there's some immature plumage I'm unaware of.

 

[Indobirder]

re kite, compare this photo: Juvenile brahminy kite

Also I think you'll find many that show a darker ear patch online, so I don't see that as a reason against it. example:

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Re parrot, eclectus has red underwing coverts and very different proportions (short tail). To me the lighting is a bit difficult but you can turn the "green" underwing into yellow, and the bill looks as large as I'd expect. to me it looks "perfect" for great-billed and don't see a reason to look further 😅

#1 looks okay for a Starling?

 

[Bewick]

Perhaps the "ear-coverts" are just shadow, in which case agree brahminy.

Great-billed parrot has a red or strongly red-orange bill: this has yellow-orange. Its bill is notably larger than here and it has yellow underwing coverts. So suggest it cannot be that species unless there's some immature plumage I'm unaware of.

ML99343231 - Brahminy Kite - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML99343231; © Tony Ashton; Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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Darker ear coverts seem pretty standard for juvenile and immature Brahminy kites, definitely a brahminy kite.

 

[Butty]

Looks fine for Brahminy.

Whitish belly fits 👍🏻

 

[sicklebill]

1 might be a Cuckooshrike
2. Scared Kingfisher
3 Spotted Honeyeater
4 Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
5 Brahminy Kite
6 Papuan Eclectus, looks atypically long-time but everything else fits
7 Blyth's Hornbill, or Papuan Hornbill if you remove the eponym

 

[Indobirder]

6 Papuan Eclectus, looks atypically long-time but everything else fits

Surely not? Eclectus should have red underwing coverts. Lower mandible should be dark. Tail is too long... Not seeing how it fits 🤔

Compare: ML219386421 - Papuan Eclectus - Macaulay Library

 

[THE_FERN]

Surely not? Eclectus should have red underwing coverts. Lower mandible should be dark. Tail is too long... Not seeing how it fits 🤔

Compare: ML219386421 - Papuan Eclectus - Macaulay Library

I looked at this again later. The points you raise in #9 are correct and my initial review of (especially bill) colours was wrong. On second viewing it's clearly a large-billed parrot

(Only responding again because #9 is no longer the last comment)

 

[sicklebill]

Yep, fair enough, it was my first thought as Great-billed but too rushed today, thanks

 

[mihir]

Can 1 be Metallic Starling?