Id Help - Virajpet, Coorg, India (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

Request id help for these birds photographed in Virajpet in June this year

1) Dusky Crag Martin?
2) Indian Pond Heron?
3) Black-throated Munia?
4) Oriental Honey Buzzard?
5) Spangled Drongo and Greater Racket-tailed Drongo?
6)

 

[andyb39]

Agree with nos. 1-3.
No. 4 looks like a Crested Goshawk.
In no. 5, the Drongo on the left is a Hair-crested (heavy bill, flat head shape, blue gloss to plumage and tail shape - outer tail feathers curl around), and the one on the right is Greater Racket-tailed. The name Spangled is now reserved for the species Dicrurus bracteatus, found in eastern parts of Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia, after a split. The fine hairs on the crown that give Hair-crested its name might just be visible in your photo and you can just about see one or two feather shafts where they begin.
No. 6 is a Greater Racket-tailed without rackets (prominent crest on the forehead).