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    looks like Blue-throated Flycatcher BUT Doi Inthanon NP Thailand Jan 14, 2025

    Yes Chris. Presumably the same individual as here ML630994010 - Blue-throated Flycatcher - Macaulay Library Grahame
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    Pipit, raptor and nightjar form Shaffa, Saudi Arabia.

    Lou, I shall address your main concern regarding the supercilium appearing 'cut-off'', suspect its due to overlaying crown feathers, there is a paler continuation beyond the apparent 'break', the supercilium can be seen to be long and downcurved. With regards bill length, probably at the short...
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    Pipit, raptor and nightjar form Shaffa, Saudi Arabia.

    1st bird is a Long-billed Pipit. Grahame
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    Leucustic long-toed stint?

    Leucistic Little Stint seems most likely IMO. There is the slightest projection (tips of toes) beyond the tail which is fine for Little but at odds with Long-toed. In any case, the toes are not long enough for the latter. A simple instance of size illusion in the 1st image. Grahame
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    Streak-eared Bulbul Kaeng Krachan NP Thailand Jan 02, 2025

    Its a Mountain Bulbul Chris, confirmed by combination of brown crest, finely spotted throat (not streaked ear coverts), bright olive wings and tail and yellow undertail coverts. Grahame
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    Bird of prey (Baza?) from Sabah/Borneo, April 2025

    Its a Jerdon's Baza Michael. Note in particular, buff-barred underwing coverts, different pattern to body and unfeathered legs (right tarsi is visible), while structure-wise a different wingshape (often described as paddle-shaped), in particular, longer 'hand' with 6 long fingers; at rest is...
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    White-winged Tern Pak Thale Thailand Dec 29, 2024

    Whiskered on account of grey pectoral 'peg' (absent in WWT) clearly visible in 1st image. Grahame
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    Asian Brown Flycatcher Baan Maka Nature Lodge Thailand Dec 29, 2024

    Its an adult Taiga Flycatcher Chris, very much the default in SE Asia. Legs and bill appear paler due to backlighting also affecting rump/utc colouration. Cold plumage tones are at odds with RBF which is an accidental to Thailand (2 records). Grahame
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    Malaysian BoP ID please

    Its a Spotted Dove, structure, undertail pattern + pink/red legs confirm. The apparrent underpart streaking is a product of wet/matted feathers. Grahame
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    Juvenile Indian Pond-heron Pak Thale Thailand Dec 29, 2024

    No, its a winter-plumaged Ardeola sp, just as likely Chinese but one cannot exclude Indian which also occurs. Grahame
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    Juvenile Indian Pond-heron Pak Thale Thailand Dec 29, 2024

    Chris, the Pond Herons are inseparable in this plumage i.e in winter so, Ardeola sp. Indian is the by far the rarest of the 3 species in Thailand. Re age, we really need to see an open wing but what we can see of the primary tips appear pure white indicating adult. Young birds have extensive...
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    Waders & terns - Yala, Sri Lanka

    Regarding the Tibetan Sand Plovers, note rather short, blunt-tipped bills, rounded head with combination of white forehead, well-marked supercilium, darker ear coverts and broad, often rounded-tipped pectorals/breast-band. Greater has a longer, heavier, more pointed bill with a longer nail...
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    Waders & terns - Yala, Sri Lanka

    1-2 Tibetan Sand Plovers 3 Common Redshank 4 Gull-billed Terns and Marsh Sandpiper 5 Whiskered Tern Grahame
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    Birds in Sichuan

    1. Fem Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch? 2. Fem Plumbeous Restart Grahame
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    Raptor ID - Chandigarh Area, India

    2cy Shikra, note 5 fingers, some retained juvenile streaking/spotting on underparts. Grahame
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    Barbet and Cuckoo- Singapore

    Images of the 2nd bird are really testing but tail pattern (albeit out of focus) are Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx sp., the combination of greyish upperparts, obvioius pale uppermost tertial, rufous tones to underparts and rather long pp would seem to indicate adult Hodgson's rather than Malaysian...
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    which gull- Jeddah

    1st cycle (2cy) Heuglin's Gull L. f. heuglini and Greater Crested Terns. Grahame
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    Nightjar - Da lat, Vietnam

    Grey Nightjar. Grahame
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    Sabah, Bornean Malaysia, near Sepilok

    1-2 female Brown-throated Sunbird. Note thick yellow eyelids (broken at rear) + red eyes 3 Puff-backed Bulbul. Note short crest, grey breast (yellow cast is reflected light) + white-tipped tail Grahame
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    March Adult Red Kites, Kent

    Recovery data here Andy Summary of Ringing Totals | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology Grahame
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    Pipit, Rajasthan, India

    On this occasion your App's suggestion is correct Paalo, its a perfectly standard Water Pipit ssp., blakistoni. It bares little resemblance to a Tree Pipit IMO, e.g smudgy underpart streaking and dark legs for starters. Grahame
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    Is this a Shikra or a Sparrowhawk. Location: Koh Samui, South Thailand (March 18, 2025)

    Male Shikra Grahame
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    Cormorant Species help pls. S Thailand

    Its an Oriental Darter Steve. Long pointed all yellow bill + long white face stripe confirm. Grahame
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    Bluewinged or Javan leafbird - Bali Indonesia

    Male Blue-winged. Note yellow hood. Grahame
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    Which Falcon? Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi, Mar. 2025

    Presumably 2cy male ssp., pallidus i.e Steppe Merlin. Grahame
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