Id Help - Nimbokrang, West Papua - 21 (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

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

1)
2)
3) Blue-tailed Bee-eater?
4)
5) Rainbow Bee-eater?

 

[Bowerbirder]

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

1)
2)
3) Blue-tailed Bee-eater?
4)
5) Rainbow Bee-eater?

1) is New Guinea Grey-headed Goshawk. 2) and 4) are immature Long-billed Honeyeaters. 3) looks more like Rainbow Bee-eater than Blue-tailed. 5) looks good for Rainbow.

 

[sicklebill]

1 Looks rather like a falcon, seems to have a moustachial pattern
2 Long-billed Honeyeater
3 Rainbow Bee-eater
4 Long-billed Honeyeater
5 Rainbow Bee-eater

 

[Butty]

1. Looks like an Accipiter. Seems not to have a moustachial pattern.

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

1. Looks like an Accipiter. Seems not to have a moustachial pattern.

Suggest Variable Goshawk

Grahame

 

[sicklebill]

Agree, this is what comes of viewing these photos on a small screen....

 

[Bowerbirder]

Suggest Variable Goshawk

Grahame

Variable Goshawk in New Guinea, if not white or all sooty grey, should be rufous below. The photo gives me the impression that the bird may be pale grey below.

 

[sicklebill]

In which case Gre

Variable Goshawk in New Guinea, if not white or all sooty grey, should be rufous below. The photo gives me the impression that the bird may be pale grey below.

In which case Grey-headed Goshawk may be an option if so

 

[Indobirder]

Variable Goshawk in New Guinea, if not white or all sooty grey, should be rufous below. The photo gives me the impression that the bird may be pale grey below.

It looks fine for the one with rufous to me, but the amount of the front we can see leaves it a bit ambiguous. I don't see Grey-headed here (doesn't look gray enough on head, and with "bare parts can be misleading" they should be reddish on GH while this yellowish matches well with Variable)

 

[Bowerbirder]

It looks fine for the one with rufous to me, but the amount of the front we can see leaves it a bit ambiguous. I don't see Grey-headed here (doesn't look gray enough on head, and with "bare parts can be misleading" they should be reddish on GH while this yellowish matches well with Variable)

Comparing the photos in Cornell/Birds of the World, I agree that Variable Goshawk is more likely than Grey-headed, given the yellow bare parts and the head not being a paler grey than the wings. It's a pity we don't have more than a hint in the photo of what colour the breast is.

 

[sicklebill]

I'll stay with my original thought which was Variable, for all the reasons given above