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    Black or bronzed drongo? Taipei, June 2024

    Hi, hoping to get some help with an identification. I originally thought this was a black drongo, but after going through some pictures online, I'm beginning to think it might be a bronzed drongo or perhaps even an ashy drongo. The pictures were taken this morning in the Wenshan district of...
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    White-eye identification in Taipei

    I have a White-eye identification query. The picture is from a few weeks ago (mid May 2024) in central Taipei, near Da An Forest Park. It seems as though it's either a Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) or a Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex), but all the suggestions on how to tell...
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    Masked/Black-faced Bunting - Taipei, Taiwan; 3/25/2023

    Hi all, looking for some help with identification of two buntings observed a couple of days ago in an agricultural area on the outskirts of Taipei. The male in particular struck me as significantly yellower below than most of the Black-faced Buntings I'm used to seeing around Taipei. I was also...
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    Japanese white-eye, lowland white-eye or something else?

    Hi all, this was taken just outside of the Dansui Mangrove Reserve in Taipei, Taiwan. It as in an urban park next to the reserve. Assumed it was a Japanese white-eye but after looking at my bird guide and (admittedly) using an AI app I’m not so sure. The app identified it as Swinhoe’s white-eye...
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    Short-billed or Long-billed Dowitcher, Help with IDs --Taiwan , East Asia

    These were taken this February in Taiwan, East Asia. In Taiwan, Only 1-2 Long-billed would pass Taiwan, Short-billed not any documented. But this Dowitcher bill slightly shorter different from Long-billed typical. In addition based on the live recording shows this sound "tu-tu-tu" (3s' and 5s'...
  6. Oriental Honey-buzzard 東方蜂鷹

    Oriental Honey-buzzard 東方蜂鷹

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    Nymphalidae,
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    Nymphalidae,
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    Nymphalidae,
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    Nymphalidae,
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    Nymphalidae, Parantica aglea maghaba (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
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    Nymphalidae,
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    Nymphalidae, pupa of Neptis hylas lulculenta
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    Nymphalidae, larva of Neptis hylas lulculenta
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    Nymphalidae,
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    Danainae, pupa of Parantica melaneus swinhoei
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    Danainae, pupa of Parantica melaneus swinhoei (Moore, 1883)
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    Danainae,
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    Lycaenidae, cocoon of Strymonidia formosana
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    Lycaenidae, larva of Strymonidia formosana
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    Lycaenidae,
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    Papilioninae, pupa of Papilio dialis tatsuta
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    Papilioninae, larva of Papilio dialis tatsuta
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    Papilioninae,
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    Papilioninae, larva of Papilio memnon heronus
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