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Some birds from Borneo and Labuan to ID (1 Viewer)
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1. Could be Asian Palm Swift.
2. I also thought it might be Malaysian as the upperparts look scaly, but I'm not experienced with them.
3-6. Could be Germain's Swiftlet, as I have a feeling they're found offshore in Borneo.
8. Van Hasselt's.
9. Plain Sunbird could be a good call.
10. I don't think it's an Eagle at all. A Hawk Eagle would have seven fingers showing, and the tail shape is wrong. Maybe a Brahminy Kite? By the way, according to two checklists I looked at, Wallace's doesn't occur at Sepilok, only Blyth's.
12-13. I don't think there's any chance of identifying these. There are three species of echo-locating Swiftlet in the area, which are basically only possible to separate by the colour of their nest.
14. Yes, probably.
15. Maybe Glossy/Plume-toed? Maybe 11 too?
2. I also thought it might be Malaysian as the upperparts look scaly, but I'm not experienced with them.
3-6. Could be Germain's Swiftlet, as I have a feeling they're found offshore in Borneo.
8. Van Hasselt's.
9. Plain Sunbird could be a good call.
10. I don't think it's an Eagle at all. A Hawk Eagle would have seven fingers showing, and the tail shape is wrong. Maybe a Brahminy Kite? By the way, according to two checklists I looked at, Wallace's doesn't occur at Sepilok, only Blyth's.
12-13. I don't think there's any chance of identifying these. There are three species of echo-locating Swiftlet in the area, which are basically only possible to separate by the colour of their nest.
14. Yes, probably.
15. Maybe Glossy/Plume-toed? Maybe 11 too?
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Bryon Wright
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Hi all,
#16 has the characteristic silhouette of Jerdon's Baza but cannot see any detail.
#16 has the characteristic silhouette of Jerdon's Baza but cannot see any detail.
andrewins
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Many thanks for your unswer!!! :t::t::t:
As for the Wallace's, there was a guide Mr. David from endemicguides.com who showed me juv hawk-eagle sitting on the branch above the canopy walkway. He told me that it was Wallace's. I'm attaching the pics of it in this post. Please tell me is the ID of it right or wrong. The bird #10 flyed 85 minutes before in the direction of the place where we found sitting Hawk-eagle. That's why I thought it could be the same bird
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andrewins
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Two more pics of this sitting hawk-eagle
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andrewins
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Thank you for your ID suggestion! :t:
Yes, I must admit the perched bird does look rather like this one, for example:
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=894
Juvenile Blyth's is quite similar though, so I'd welcome a second (third?) opinion. This is juv Blyth's:
https://singaporeraptors.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/4daff-bhe_juv.jpg
I'm still not convinced about the flying bird being a WHE though. It could be Jerdon's Baza, although the tail doesn't look long enough.
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=894
Juvenile Blyth's is quite similar though, so I'd welcome a second (third?) opinion. This is juv Blyth's:
https://singaporeraptors.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/4daff-bhe_juv.jpg
I'm still not convinced about the flying bird being a WHE though. It could be Jerdon's Baza, although the tail doesn't look long enough.
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Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
No comment re the id, but I believe Wallace's H E is very much expected at Sepilok
andrewins
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In Birds of Borneo Helm Guide 2 edition published in 2016 is written that juv Wallace's is distinguished from juv Blyth's by broader white tip to crest. Also the map of distribution shows that Blyth's can not be seen around Sepilok and Wallace's can be. But birds can fly
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Grahame Walbridge
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Wallace's Hawk-eagle is at Sepilok; it appears in Bird Tour Asia reports, and a friend saw one there only last week.
The bird in question is not a Nisaetus spp because it only has 6 fingers. Neither is it a Jerdon's Baza IMO, the wing shape is wrong with no bulge in the secondaries, and the tail is too short.
Look at the second image and you can make out a whitish throat and upper breast with what appear to be a dark cap which would indicate adult Rufous-bellied Eagle. The tail looks odd because its closed. I could only find this image of a juvenile to compare shape https://www.flickr.com/photos/swagataghosh/11102846625 and just found an adult with tail closed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous-bellied_Eagle.jpg
Grahame
The bird in question is not a Nisaetus spp because it only has 6 fingers. Neither is it a Jerdon's Baza IMO, the wing shape is wrong with no bulge in the secondaries, and the tail is too short.
Look at the second image and you can make out a whitish throat and upper breast with what appear to be a dark cap which would indicate adult Rufous-bellied Eagle. The tail looks odd because its closed. I could only find this image of a juvenile to compare shape https://www.flickr.com/photos/swagataghosh/11102846625 and just found an adult with tail closed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous-bellied_Eagle.jpg
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andrewins
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Thank you very much for the ID once again! :t::t::t: The bird on my pics resembles adult Rufous-bellied Eagle very much!
In Birds of Borneo Helm Guide 2 edition published in 2016 is written that juv Wallace's is distinguished from juv Blyth's by broader white tip to crest. Also the map of distribution shows that Blyth's can not be seen around Sepilok and Wallace's can be. But birds can fly
Wallace's is definitely on the Kinabatangan River, so I don't see why it couldn't be found at Sepilok. Blyth's is actually found at 500 m or above, and I'm pretty sure Sepilok isn't that high up, so maybe the fact that it's on the Avibase checklist - whereas Wallace's isn't - is a case of mistaken identity.
Yes, Grahame is absolutely right. I hadn't looked at the 2nd image of the flying bird carefully and hadn't realised enough detail was apparent to ID the bird.
According to HBW, Black-nest Swiftlet is present on Labuan, so your images may be of this species. I wouldn't like to try to separate them from these images.
https://www.hbw.com/species/black-nest-swiftlet-aerodramus-maximus
https://www.hbw.com/species/black-nest-swiftlet-aerodramus-maximus
andrewins
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That's true. Those Aerodramus guys are very hard to ID. I tried to find somу kind of revision of this group with good pictures but I didn't have success
I've made few pics of some swiftlet nests under one bridge on Klias river. I'll try to find them and post here. Hope they are more identifiable than the birds themself
andrewins
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17. Here is the picture of the nests under the bridge. Is it possible to ID them?
2018_03_01 Borneo. Klias River cruise
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Maybe Glossy?
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