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Id Help - Bhutan (1 Viewer)

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mihir

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Request help with the ids

1) Darjeeling Woodpecker?
2) Can this be Black-naped Oriole?
3) Northern Raven?
 

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1. Agree
2. Not sure but is Slender-billed maybe more likely?
3. Probably a Raven given the hackles on the throat but would be helpful to see the whole bird.
 
Agree with Darjeeling Woodpecker and Slender-billed Oriole (nape stripe narrow, Black-naped would be out of range).

No.3 probably is Northern Raven - the bill feathering (nasal bristles) reaches almost the centre of the bill.
 
andyb39 said:
Agree with Darjeeling Woodpecker and Slender-billed Oriole (nape stripe narrow, Black-naped would be out of range).

No.3 probably is Northern Raven - the bill feathering (nasal bristles) reaches almost the centre of the bill.[/QUOTE]

I'm not at all sure we can rule out Jungle Crow on this view?
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Yes, some Jungle Crows have nasal bristles extending as far down the bill as this, but I'm not sure they have obvious throat hackles. Which one does Bhutan get? Eastern?
 
edenwatcher said:
Presumably altitude dependent. Higher altitude birds are most raven-like. Forget which taxon.

Rob
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The resident taxon is tibetosinensis http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_Image_ID=134194&Bird_ID=2353&Bird_Family_ID=&Location= which I suspect it may be in this case-difficult to be sure from this image. I am certain LBC can raise/lower its throat feathers but in any case they (hackles) don't look long/extensive enough for Common Raven, though I presume this feature is age-related. Do you any more images Mihir showing the whole bird?

Grahame
 
kasfig said:
Please may add my support for the Jungle Crow in view of the steep crown as mentioned. AKA Large-billed Crow
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Split by some from LbC, I know that when I've been in India, they were separate species and readily separable in the field, there anyway.
 
Grahame Walbridge said:
The resident taxon is tibetosinensis http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_Image_ID=134194&Bird_ID=2353&Bird_Family_ID=&Location= which I suspect it may be in this case-difficult to be sure from this image. I am certain LBC can raise/lower its throat feathers but in any case they (hackles) don't look long/extensive enough for Common Raven, though I presume this feature is age-related. Do you any more images Mihir showing the whole bird?

Grahame
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Sorry for the late reply. Heres another photo of the bird.
 

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It's a Large-billed Crow mihir. Common Raven is bulkier bird, the wing tips extending to the tail tip, the nasal bristles extending half-way to the bill tip (< 1/2 way in OP) and they have a clearly wedge-shaped tail, more obvious in flight.

Grahame
 
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Grahame Walbridge said:
It's a Large-billed Crow mihir. Common Raven is bulkier bird, the wing tips extending to the tail tip, the nasal bristles extending half-way to the bill tip (< 1/2 way in OP) and they have a clearly wedge-shaped tail, more obvious in flight.

Grahame
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Thanks a lot Grahame!
 
I wasn't aware the Large-billed Crow and the Jungle crow were to be considered different. Thank you for the knowledge

Do you know please, which is the one that is present in Sri Lanka, or , are both seen in that country.
 
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