Sunbird - Singapore, July 2016 (1 Viewer)

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AntonBE

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• Nov 15, 2018

• #1

Hi all! Identified these as female olive-backed sunbirds at first, but looking at the pics again both the face pattern and the colour seems slightly off for that species... Help would be appreciated, sorry for the bad quality!
Pics were taken in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

Thanks in advance.

 

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Last edited: Nov 15, 2018

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Nov 15, 2018

• #2

First bird is Pin-striped Tit Babbler. Pass on the sunbird

 

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AntonBE

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• Nov 15, 2018

• #3

That makes a lot more sense, thank you!

 

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TwiddlingThumbs

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• Nov 16, 2018

• #4

Assuming the yellow around the eye is not an optical effect, and no white fringe on the tail, it could be female Brown-throated Sunbird.

 

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AntonBE

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• Nov 16, 2018

• #5

Thank you! Here's another (slightly less blurry) shot of the back of the bird, if that helps confirm it?

 

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andyb39

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• Nov 16, 2018

• #6

The drab brown upperparts and apparent eye-ring do suggest Brown-throated but the bill looks a little too long and decurved and the eye doesn't look red - that's normally apparent even on poor photos. Could it be Van Hasselt's?

 

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AntonBE

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• Nov 17, 2018

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Van Hasselt's does seem like a possibility, thank you! I wonder if my pictures are good enough to exclude all other species? Crimson seems very similar from what I find online?