Some Bird IDs in Singapore - April 2023 - Part 1 (1 Viewer)

[mitra.daneshvar]

Hello all,

I took the first 7 photos around Lorong Halus Wetland. The last 3 photos of the Cuckoo are from a small park (Punggol Park).

1 & 2. The same bird, is it Common Iora?
3. I think they are parrots, but not sure if it's possible to identify them.
4 & 5. Any chance for ID?
6&7. Same Bird. Oriental Honey Buzzard, right?
8 to 10. Maybe a Hawk-Cuckoo?

Thanks for helping
Mitra

 

[THE_FERN]

1,2 I think yes
3 perhaps rosy-faced lovebird
6,7 I think yes

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

4-5 Oriental Reed Warbler?
8-10 Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

Grahame

 

[foresttwitcher]

For the cuckoo the tail pattern, upper breast colour and yellow eye-ring may suggest Rusty-breasted Cuckoo.

Cross-posted with Grahame.

 

[TwiddlingThumbs]

3 is more likely Red-breasted Parakeet which is common in Singapore.

 

[Butty]

3 is more likely Red-breasted Parakeet

On the lower bird you can see the big black throat 👍🏻

 

[THE_FERN]

On the lower bird you can see the big black throat 👍🏻

But aren't the tail shapes odd for this species, particularly the upper bird?

 

[Butty]

Sure. Bits missing.

 

[THE_FERN]

Sure. Bits missing.

It looks like more than that. I've not seen ring-necked parakeets like this (similarly common, similar tail shape), and I couldn't see anything vaguely similar in Macauley images. Missing central feathers should still leave a wedge-shaped tail but the upper bird's is rectangular

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

It looks like more than that. I've not seen ring-necked parakeets like this (similarly common, similar tail shape), and I couldn't see anything vaguely similar in Macauley images. Missing central feathers should still leave a wedge-shaped tail but the upper bird's is rectangular

They are patently Red-breasted Parakeets. The upper bird is probably in tail moult which would easily explain tail shape, only 6 retrices visible on the spread tail, likely a mix of missing + growing feathers.

Grahame