A few more from the museum (1 Viewer)

Here are a few more from today at the museum.

1- a kingfisher
2- Red-rumped Cacique?
3- not clue but was large, had no info with it
4/5- no clue no info

Thanks,
Matt

Last bird of the day.

This one had us stumped but we believe it is a Purple Sunbird subspecies. The picture didn't come out reall well but the back and head were a dark green but drab, no iridescence. The throat was a dark color outlined with a little blue and had some purple coming across the breast with the belly just black. It fit Purple the best.

Any thoughts?

Matt,

#1 is a stork-billed kingfisher
#2 Looks good for red-rumped cacique
#3 is a woodcreeper, but I'll wait for Rasmus to eleborate on which one.

No guess on the others.

Thanks Jeff,

I had no idea woodcreepers could get that big. And we figured the cacique was a Red-rumped but just wanted confirmation because the guide we looked through showed three species that were similar. Thanks again!

* Post#1
1: Easy to be mislead by size when not actually having it in hand, but it's an Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (disregarding the issues over taxonomy; Black-backed versus Rufous-backed).
2: The rump patch is smaller in the Scarlet-rumped (incl. Pacific & Subtropical) than it is in the Red-rumped, and while my first impression was the former species, I am hesitant due to the "messed up" feathers of the rump region (possibly covering some of the red, making the patch appear smaller than it really is).
3: A few woodcreepers are as larger or even slightly larger than the bird on the photo, but it's a female riflebird. If I remember right, the females of the various species of riflebirds are pretty easy to separate by underparts, but that's without checking a field guide.
4/5: A male Crimson-breasted or Palawan Flowerpecker. Check rump to separate the two (no patch = Crimson-breasted; yellow patch = Palawan).

* Post#2
1/2: Olive-backed Sunbird. One of the black-bellied subspecies, which are found in the region of eastern Indonesia.

Thanks Rasmus, I'll get another picture of the Cacique when I can.

Rasmus Boegh said:

* Post#1
1: Easy to be mislead by size when not actually having it in hand, but it's an Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (disregarding the issues over taxonomy; Black-backed versus Rufous-backed).

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Wow, was I off on size!

3 - appears to be a female Paradise Riflebird based on underparts as mentioned by Rasmus, plus bill size and malar.

rockfowl said:

3 - appears to be a female Paradise Riflebird based on underparts as mentioned by Rasmus, plus bill size and malar.

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Thanks Rockfowl.