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  1. Fwin71

    Atherton scrubwren? Curtain fig tree, Queensland, Australia

    Thank you all. Indeed, like you said, there is not enough evidence from the pictures only and I have no calls to complement my observation. And on ebird I haven't seen sightings of this species at this specific site. Also, later, close to Lake Eacham, I had a large-billed scrubwren foraging very...
  2. Fwin71

    Atherton scrubwren? Curtain fig tree, Queensland, Australia

    Hello there, I am a French birder and with my girlfriend, I travelled one month through Australia for birds. I would need your help for a few IDs over the next weeks. In this post, I am posting pictures of a scrubwren which to me behaved more like Atherton than large-billed scrubwren : indeed...
  3. Fwin71

    Mammals - Southern Vietnam - 2 squirrels and a bat

    Hi andy True for Cambodian, thanks a lot! The Sunda is still the lesser short-nosed (Cynopterus brachyotis) right? (we didn't buy the book).
  4. Fwin71

    Mammals - Southern Vietnam - 2 squirrels and a bat

    Hey all, We were in Vietnam over the last month and squirrel-wise, we had quite a bunch: Berdmore's ground squirrel, Pallas's squirrel, and even a spotted giant flying squirrel in gliding action! We also had a few striped squirrels (tamiops sp.) but we wanted to identify the pics at home since...
  5. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Bonus Part - Flycatcher

    That's the point, I read several time that Cat Tien is just on the outside of its range but for many bird species maps are tentative in Vietnam... The days after seeing this bird, we only had a male verditer flycatcher around, making us doubt that it was a pale blue flycatcher but we have no...
  6. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Bonus Part - Flycatcher

    Hi again, Many thanks for the output on the other pictures from Vietnam. I just wanted to double check one pic: is that a pale blue-flycatcher, Cyornis unicolor? Pic taken in Cat Tien, at the limit of its range... Thanks a bunch!
  7. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 3 - show your front!

    Great, thanks a bunch! Not sure about the plaintive cuckoo though...
  8. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Last Part - 2 more birds and a mysterious bathing dude

    Bird 7: Pic 1 and 2: We had several White's thrush in Cuc Phuong but in Bach Ma (central highlands) we had this thrush, which for us looked more like a scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)... Bird 8: Pic 3. We thought on the field that this was a paddyfield pipit but after a closer look at the pics we...
  9. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 1 - Phyllies' ID

    Thanks! Yes, we also think the pic was misleading. I remember the ear coverts looked mottled but it isn't very visible on the pics. No, this second bird didn't called but reacted to the playback of Radde's by becoming agitated and coming closer.
  10. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 2 - One more warbler

    Here are the maps for those species in the Lynx. Kloss has variable white on the outertail feathers while there is none. Plus, it isn't as yellow (although the disturbans wintering in North Vietnam is quite dull) and for us it looks like a bigger warbler than Kloss's. Could be Hartert's or...
  11. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 1 - Phyllies' ID

    hey, thanks! Yes, it is the same bird. It flew from the ground to a nearby tree when we came closer and we kept on taking photos of it...
  12. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Last Part - Phyllies' ID

    Vietnam - Last Part - 3 more birds and a mysterious bathing dude Bird 7: Pic 1 and 2: We had several White's thrush in Cuc Phuong but in Bach Ma (central highlands) we had this thrush, which for us looked more like a scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)... Bird 8: Pic 3. We thought on the field that...
  13. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 3 - show your front!

    Bird 4: Pic 1. This one is a cuckoo (Cuculus sp.) from the highlands of Dalat... We probably don't have enough criteria since we only have a pic from the back but who knows... Bird 5: Pic 2 and 3: Once again, this bird was uncooperative and showed only its back which is in theory not enough to...
  14. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 2 - One more warbler

    Bird 3: Pic 6, 7 and 8. We had trouble with this bird that we first identified as an eastern crowned warbler but it has pale legs and the bars and supercilium are too marked so we now think it could be a Claudia's leaf warbler (excluding Kloss's because of the undertail which isn't white). We...
  15. Fwin71

    Vietnam - Part 1 - Phyllies' ID

    Hi there, We were around 1 month in Vietnam from mid-January to mid-February (plus one day in Bangkok) and we have a few birds for which we are not sure about the ID. I am starting here with the Phylloscopus family... Bird 1: Pic 1 & 2. It is most likely a Radde's warbler. Call, look and jizz...
  16. Fwin71

    Raptor ID - Eure-et-Loire - France

    I think I have the right info but I still would like to have more links for this region. It was in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre region, whereas the link you just sent is for birds in the Ile-de-France region. So its true its further north but then the distribution goes down to the...
  17. Fwin71

    Raptor ID - Eure-et-Loire - France

    Thank you all! If others want to give their opinion no problem but it all goes to STSE. It's a rare sighting for this region, even if he is not breeding that far south...
  18. Fwin71

    Raptor ID - Eure-et-Loire - France

    Hi everyone, Around 2pm today, while driving through fields, I had a raptor flying overhead in the wind (a strong, north-western wind). First, I was sure it was a male honey buzzard. I took my camera, of course no battery... Murphy's law because the ID question would have been solved easily...
  19. Fwin71

    Moth ID France

    Hello, Does anyone have an idea about the species of moth in this pic? Sorry, the pic is taken from below the animal. Thanks in advance!
  20. Fwin71

    ID please, Costa Rica

    Maybe yellow-throated euphonia then. It has white belly and it was in Monteverde, where we saw a male with young the next day. What about the swift?
  21. Fwin71

    ID please, Costa Rica

    one more ID Thanks for the answers! Yes indeed we zoomed in on the warbler and added another picture of it in the bubble. If you are up for it, I added two more pictures for ID... One is a swift we found in La Selva Biological station (Caribbean lowland forest): chimney, Vaux's or...
  22. Fwin71

    ID please, Costa Rica

    Altitude was ~1400m and I read in my field guide that olive-crowned warblers dont get that high (and into the Monteverde area in general). Anyway, the jeez of the bird indeed seem to clearly point to gray-crowned...
  23. Fwin71

    ID please, Costa Rica

    Thanks a lot! Im convinced for the yellowthroat and antwren. Indeed ... putting a pic from the back for Empid ID is quite challenging but never know ;) Any other opinions?
  24. Fwin71

    ID please, Costa Rica

    2nd pic is actually third on the uploaded pictures...
  25. Fwin71

    ID please, Costa Rica

    Pura vida! My girlfriend and I just come back from a 10 day round-trip to Costa Rica. Amazing birds there, many endemics, same rare finds like king vulture. We still have a few pics for which we are not sure about ID. Any help would be great! 1st one, taken in Monteverde, close to Hotel El...
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