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    Pale plover, Thailand

    For reference please see my post from December regarding these birds.https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=385063 Nice to see at least one of these birds is still present near the hotel.A male in summer plumage at this site would be nice to clinche the I'd ! All the birds I saw had a...
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    Help with plovers-Khao Lak ,Thailand

    Thanks guys. It did cross my mind they might be White-faced but I was worried that the legs looked too dark and most have darkish lores. They do however all have a small pale patch at the base of the lower mandible which separates White-faced from Kentish, but I'm not sure whether this is also a...
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    Help with plovers-Khao Lak ,Thailand

    I was fortunate to find a high-tide wader roost close to my hotel in Khao Lak in December.There were several Kentish Plovers present along with a couple of male Malaysian Plovers. In addition there were several birds which puzzled me. They were all considerably paler than Kentish,but didn't show...
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    Flycatcher identifcation Khao Sok Thailand

    Thank you for your efforts Grahame. I will obviously bow to the knowledge of Phil Round, but did he say on what basis he thinks it a Blue and White? I had convinced myself it was Zappey's due to the none-contrasting blue breast. Does he consider that intermedia can have this feature? If so does...
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    Flycatcher identifcation Khao Sok Thailand

    One final photo showing the apparent lack of upperpart streaking. It appears this may be the normal appearance of Zappey's in the field? Or maybe we still have more to learn about this species pair? Thanks again for the replies.
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    Flycatcher identifcation Khao Sok Thailand

    Thanks for your replies. The identification article suggests that intermedia should always have a black/contrasting breast ,but the ebird photos clearly show a bird with uniform colouration and a blue breast. If such birds exist maybe my bird(s) is a Blue and White flycatcher as although the...
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    Flycatcher identifcation Khao Sok Thailand

    Please can anybody confirm the identification of these flycatchers from a couple of weeks ago. Guides at the site were unable to identify the adult bird and were touting the immature bird as a Siberian Blue Robin. The nearest I can find is Zappey's flycatcher,and I suspect the immature is...
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    Are these Western or Semi-Palmated.Puerto Vallarta,Mexico

    Thank you. I thought they must be but was confused as on my previous visit to the same site two years ago all the 'peeps' had longer bills and were obvious Westerns-see attachment.
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    Are these Western or Semi-Palmated.Puerto Vallarta,Mexico

    The location suggests they should all be Western,but most seem too short-billed to me?
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