Indochinese Yuhina or Striated Yuhina ? (1 Viewer)

[jbpixels]

Please support an ID with your knowledge. Thank you in advance.
Doi Inthanon NP, Thailand, January 2020.

 

[andyb39]

First of all, I'm not convinced Indochinese occurs here - I know there are records on eBird but the checklist on Thai Birding lists only Striated.

This is a difficult pair - both have a grey eyering, rufous ear coverts and fine white streaks on the ear coverts and upperparts. The odd thing is that Indochinese is the more streaked of the two. However, I would opt for Striated for this bird - the crest is less pronounced and has a mottled/scaly pattern, the mantle is mostly unstreaked and the rufous cheek patch is less extensive (extends onto the nape in Indochinese). The legs appear to be brighter pink too.

 

[jbpixels]

First of all, I'm not convinced Indochinese occurs here - I know there are records on eBird but the checklist on Thai Birding lists only Striated.

This is a difficult pair - both have a grey eyering, rufous ear coverts and fine white streaks on the ear coverts and upperparts. The odd thing is that Indochinese is the more streaked of the two. However, I would opt for Striated for this bird - the crest is less pronounced and has a mottled/scaly pattern, the mantle is mostly unstreaked and the rufous cheek patch is less extensive (extends onto the nape in Indochinese). The legs appear to be brighter pink too.

Thank you for your answer. Sorry for my late answer. I thought at time no one can provide an appropriate answer. My choice because of upperparts and lesser contrasts would be Indochinese, which seems to be not very likely. Your choice/description appears def. more logical.