johnallcock
Well-known member
Another montane Philippine speciality:
8699. Mountain Shrike
8699. Mountain Shrike
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Name a Bird You've Seen 2 (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter Jacana
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8700 Philippine Scops Owl seen near Bangkong kahoy mountain trek start area
8702 Red-capped Forest Warbler
8704 Green-backed Eremomela
johnallcock
Well-known member
Sticking with the green theme
8705 Indochinese Green Magpie
8705 Indochinese Green Magpie
8706 Stephan's Emerald Dove (well it is a sort of Green)
8708 North Moluccan Pitta
Already played, quite a while back.
foresttwitcher
Virtually unknown member
There is no 8707 so the next new one should be 8709.
Arbu
Well-known member
Pitta anerythra. anerythra means "without red", so let's remedy that:
8709 Javan Sunbird
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8710 Papuan Black Myzomela - these tiny honeyeaters with their decurved bills could on looks be mistaken for a sunbird and male on this one also even has red on the top of his head.
8712 Gibberbird
Arbu
Well-known member
Ashbyia lovensis. Named after James Love, born in County Tyrone, Ireland. Joseph Pentland was born in neighbouring County Donegal. Tinamotis pentlandii was named after him:
8713 Puna Tinamou
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Arbu
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Polioptila guianensis. Polios is Greek for grey. So I'll go for the grey-cheeked seedeater, Spermophaga poliogenys. Interestingly the scientific name seems to describe the female rather than the male, and I wonder how many bird species this is the case for. Not many I expect, and maybe the time is ripe for a campaign from some female birders to rectify this.
8715 Grant's Bluebill.
8715 Grant's Bluebill.
