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Slightly insane IDs, Khao Yai, Thailand (1 Viewer)
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
#3 is a Phylloscopus*, not sure which one though.
* If I get in quick, before the Powers-That-Be split the genus up :-O
* If I get in quick, before the Powers-That-Be split the genus up :-O
opisska
rabid twitcher
Indeed, Minivets seem quite compeling on this one (didn't realise the bird is so large). Can you exclude females of other species with certainty? I see the head pattern and lack of any color, but also there is lack of experience on my side with this genus.
That's what I feared too, without the upperside it's quite helpless, isn't it?
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
They are not so easy to be absolutely sure but..
1 - I'd suggest its either a Claudia's, Eastern-crowned or an Arctic Warbler, The olive rear flank suggests the latter but the bill tip, which I'd expect to be dark tipped on the lower mandible is annoyingly hidden .
2 - Probably Swinhoe's Minivet, not sure Ashy is on the Khao Yai list?
3 - Maybe Yellow-browed Warbler.
4 - Could turn this into a number of things...
1 - I'd suggest its either a Claudia's, Eastern-crowned or an Arctic Warbler, The olive rear flank suggests the latter but the bill tip, which I'd expect to be dark tipped on the lower mandible is annoyingly hidden .
2 - Probably Swinhoe's Minivet, not sure Ashy is on the Khao Yai list?
3 - Maybe Yellow-browed Warbler.
4 - Could turn this into a number of things...
opisska
rabid twitcher
ad 1 - there is no sharp photo, but at least one where the bill tip is somewhat visible
ad 2 - I checked at http://www.thaibirding.com/checklists/khao-yai-checklist.htm and Ashy isn't there, not sure how reliable that is (but would point clearly to Swinhoe's)
Thanks!
ad 2 - I checked at http://www.thaibirding.com/checklists/khao-yai-checklist.htm and Ashy isn't there, not sure how reliable that is (but would point clearly to Swinhoe's)
Thanks!
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rockfowl
Mark Andrews
Eastern-crowned Warbler, big spikey bill, unmarked plus leg colour and general jizz.
Ashy is probably under-recorded as a migrant but Swinhoe's would be the default of the similar looking pairing.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
I'm not getting the lemon-yellow undertail coverts that were obvious on both the recent UK Eastern Crowned Warblers, no more than the barest hint here.
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
It is not always obvious, sometimes there's barely a hint, on both Spring and Autumn birds.
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
The big spikey all yellow lower mandible is fairly consistent -
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=1802&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
Lack of dark tip to the lower mandible would generally rule out Arctic. Claudia's Warbler, one of the Blyth's Leaf Warbler complex would be the main confusion species here but generally has a slightly daintier more compact appearance. The bill, similarly colour toned is normally not quite so robust http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=2915&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1 and leg colour usually duller http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdi...es&Bird_ID=2915&Bird_Family_ID=162&pagesize=1
So on balance of probabilities...
ECW
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