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Bird ID - Sri Lanka (1 Viewer)
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RafaelMatias
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1: White-throated Kingfisher (same as W-breasted Kingfisher)
2: White-bellied Drongo
3: Great Tit
4: not sure here, but given the feathered tarsi it's either an eagle or a hawk-eagle
5: Malabar Pied Hornbill
2: White-bellied Drongo
3: Great Tit
4: not sure here, but given the feathered tarsi it's either an eagle or a hawk-eagle
5: Malabar Pied Hornbill
Earnest lad
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no 3 according some classifications is either a subspecies of Great Tit (Parus major cinereous), or a separate species Cinereous Tit - (Parus cinereous)
no 4 - Could it be the Crested Hawk Eagle aka the Changeable Hawk Eagle. Forgive me if I am wrong here.
no 4 - Could it be the Crested Hawk Eagle aka the Changeable Hawk Eagle. Forgive me if I am wrong here.
Earnest lad
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no 3 according some classifications is either a subspecies of Great Tit (Parus major cinereous), or a separate species Cinereous Tit - (Parus cinereous)
no 4 - Could it be the Crested Hawk Eagle aka the Changeable Hawk Eagle. Forgive me if I am wrong here.
no 4 - Could it be the Crested Hawk Eagle aka the Changeable Hawk Eagle. Forgive me if I am wrong here.
RafaelMatias
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think in Sri Lanka it was Parus major mahrattarum (part of Great Tit), which is now considered as Parus cinereus mahrattarum (part of Cinereous Tit), after groups major and cinereus (note spelling) were split.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
My thoughts too
Earnest lad
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Dear Rafael
Thank you for your helpful and accurate emendation to my erroneous assertation in respect of the bird member of the tit family discussed.
Thank you for your helpful and accurate emendation to my erroneous assertation in respect of the bird member of the tit family discussed.
Look here for the Tit discussed in #3 and #5
It looks it was changed by some authorities in 2013. If you scroll down, the changes are seen as and when they are recognised.
As usual, the editors of our own Opus are up to date with any taxonomic changes that occur. See here
PS. thanks for the update, Rafael! My bird guide "Birds of Sri Lanka" by Helm did not include this update. I think I need to check the other species in it too now.
It looks it was changed by some authorities in 2013. If you scroll down, the changes are seen as and when they are recognised.
As usual, the editors of our own Opus are up to date with any taxonomic changes that occur. See here
PS. thanks for the update, Rafael! My bird guide "Birds of Sri Lanka" by Helm did not include this update. I think I need to check the other species in it too now.
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Dortmundbirder
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Agree with the Hawk-Eagle and I have put the tit down as Cinerous Tit now. I think both IOC and Clements are doing that.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Shed loads of fairly recent Sri Lanka splits Andy. Not sure which are in that field guide, but check out the drongo, both spp of flameback, green pigeon, woodshrike, swallow... Maybe others too
Thanks very much Larry. It seems I have my work cut out8-P
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Most have been updated, with only the Lesser Goldenback (now Black-rumped and Red-backed Flameback) still in the old form.
My version was reprinted with corrections in 2013, so quite a few of the slightly older changes are included. Still, it is definitely worth checking the rest of the book.
Armchair birding...can't beat it3
I need to find the German names anyway, so it will keep me busy
Dortmundbirder
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One of them is "Orangespecht" Andy Though i dont know if it was before or after the split.
Though i dont know if it was before or after the split.
One of them is "Orangespecht" Andy
Thanks mate, The Orangespecht is the Black-rumped Flameback and the other part of the split is Rotrückenspecht, or Red-Backed Flameback. they were both previously called Lesser Goldenback or Orangespecht. It seems that the German name carried over and the Rotrückenspect split off it, whereas the English gave them both a new name.
Do you know if NABU has responsibility for naming splits? There are a few without names that I know of over the past few years.
One of them is "Orangespecht" Andy
Where's the orange on it? 8-P
Lol, the ssp jaffnense does have an orangey-gold back, hence Flameback. Of course, I know I'm a bit colourblindo