Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 17 (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

Request Id help for these birds photographed in Nimbokrang, West Papua, Indonesia in July 2023

1)
2) & 3) Brush Cuckoo ?
4) Black Manakin ?
5) Rainbow Bee-eater?
6) White-shouldered Fairywren?

 

[Indobirder]

I think:

1. Black Sunbird
2/3. Agree
4. Munia, perhaps Black like you suggest? I think manakins were renamed so that they now only refer to the quite different ones in the Americas.
5. Blue-tailed Bee-eater looks better
6. Yes

 

[Bowerbirder]

I think:

1. Black Sunbird
2/3. Agree
4. Munia, perhaps Black like you suggest? I think manakins were renamed so that they now only refer to the quite different ones in the Americas.
5. Blue-tailed Bee-eater looks better
6. Yes

The Old World birds are mannikins; note the different spelling. African and Australasian species are still called mannikins; munia is mainly used for Asian species.