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Help for Id, in Thailand #1 (1 Viewer)
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1. Red-breasted or Taiga Flycatcher - it's rather warmly-coloured but that may just be the light. If you have any other angles, that would be helpful.
2. Chestnut-tailed Starling.
3. A juvenile Greater Coucal, I think. Poor creature.
4. A Sunbird - probably Olive-backed, as it looks rather long-billed.
5. Malaysian Pied Fantail (with its tail closed).
2. Chestnut-tailed Starling.
3. A juvenile Greater Coucal, I think. Poor creature.
4. A Sunbird - probably Olive-backed, as it looks rather long-billed.
5. Malaysian Pied Fantail (with its tail closed).
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
4. Little Spiderhunter?
viator
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Think a better bet than Olive-backed. Can't see enough white on outer tail edge for Olive-backed
BKKBen
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Hi Andy,
Sri Nakhon Khuean Khan Park is more-or-less in Bangkok (in the adjacent Samut Prakan province), and I don't think Little Spiderhunter has been recorded in either province.
I must've been to that park close to 50 times across the last two+ years, and Olive-backed Sunbird is by far the most numerous, though Brown-(Plain) throated is also quite abundant. I think the angle of the photo is making the bill-to-body ratio look odd.
Ben.
It's not on the checklist but species do expand their range. I don't know how far way the nearest Little Spiderhunter population is.
http://www.thaibirding.com/checklists/sri-nakorn-kuen-khan-checklist.htm
I've just had a long careful look at the image blown up and adjusted for exposure and contrast. The bill isn't as long as it appears - either there's something behind it, it's sticking its tongue out or it's caught something in its bill. I'm still seeing grey around the eye and on the nape and I'm sure I can see a moustachial or cheek stripe. I'm certainly not seeing the usual face markings of female Olive-backed (super, flared eyestripe, etc.). It is a difficult image though, strongly backlit.
http://www.thaibirding.com/checklists/sri-nakorn-kuen-khan-checklist.htm
I've just had a long careful look at the image blown up and adjusted for exposure and contrast. The bill isn't as long as it appears - either there's something behind it, it's sticking its tongue out or it's caught something in its bill. I'm still seeing grey around the eye and on the nape and I'm sure I can see a moustachial or cheek stripe. I'm certainly not seeing the usual face markings of female Olive-backed (super, flared eyestripe, etc.). It is a difficult image though, strongly backlit.
viator
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Just had a quick look on ebird at the closest places Little Spiderhunter are regularly recorded are Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan i.e. nothing within 100km....
That would be quite a range expansion........
No worries - as I've been informed that there's only 1 record of Red-breasted Flycatcher in Thailand, I think we can safely assume it's a Taiga.
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