Woodshrike (1 Viewer)

[Steve.Jonesy]

Hi
Could this be a Ceylon Woodshrike?
Many thanks

 

[RafaelMatias]

Minivet.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Minivet.

Yes, Small Minivet

 

[Steve.Jonesy]

Thanks guys

 

[andyb39]

Yes, Small Minivet

Yes, a juvenile, I think.

 

[Brian J Small]

Hi
Could this be a Ceylon Woodshrike?
Many thanks

Be careful Steve you'll have the nomenclature police on to you with the use of 'Ceylon'

Sri Lanka Woodshrike is the name used now.

Brian

 

[Andy Adcock]

I like 'Serendib' as the Bay Owl, the name predates Sri Lanka?

 

[THE_FERN]

I like 'Serendib' as the Bay Owl, the name predates Sri Lanka?

A typo for scops owl, of course. I looked up the origins of "serendib"; and "Ceylon " and discovered they're derived from the same original word/term.

Also off-topic: I've always wondered why "it's all about lions" in Sri Lanka. Makes me suspect they once occurred there but I've never seen any evidence they did (SL is famous for its leopards of course)

 

[Andy Adcock]

A typo for scops owl, of course. I looked up the origins of "serendib"; and "Ceylon " and discovered they're derived from the same original word/term.

Also off-topic: I've always wondered why "it's all about lions" in Sri Lanka. Makes me suspect they once occurred there but I've never seen any evidence they did (SL is famous for its leopards of course)

Not really, IOC call it 'Sri Lanka Bay Owl' so I just hybridised the name.

 

[THE_FERN]

Not really, IOC call it 'Sri Lanka Bay Owl' so I just hybridised the name.

Interesting. I've not followed taxonomy. When I saw it I thought it looked like a scops, but some ebird photos do look bay owl-ish. Do you know?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Interesting. I've not followed taxonomy. When I saw it I thought it looked like a scops, but some ebird photos do look bay owl-ish. Do you know?

As far as I know, 'bay', simply refers to colour.

 

[birdboybowley]

Aren't we talking 2 different birds here? The Serendib Scops-Owl and Sri Lanka Bay Owl?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Aren't we talking 2 different birds here? The Serendib Scops-Owl and Sri Lanka Bay Owl?

Yes, I'm senile....................

 

[Steve.Jonesy]

Be careful Steve you'll have the nomenclature police on to you with the use of 'Ceylon'

Sri Lanka Woodshrike is the name used now.

Brian

Oops😂

 

[Steve.Jonesy]

Not really, IOC call it 'Sri Lanka Bay Owl' so I just hybridised the name.

I did get a pic of a Scops Owl while out there😀

 

[THE_FERN]

Indian scops, I think

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Indian scops, I think

Me too

 

[njlarsen]

Any other photos of the owl? would help if it had the neck stretched a little more for example.

Niels

 

[Murray Lord]

I’d say it was an Indian Scops Owl, because it was taken in the grounds of the elephant rescue place just near Udawalawa National Park. Yes?

 

[Steve.Jonesy]

Yes that’s right👍😃