Name a Bird You've Seen 2 (3 Viewers)

[Swift]

A relatively long tail;
#9477 Long-tailed Cinclodes

Staying on the continent

#9478Cinereous-warbling Finch

 

[awiner]

Staying on the continent

#9478Cinerous-warbling Finch

Drop "warbling", it's cleaner:

#9479 Cinereous Finch

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Drop "warbling", it's cleaner:

#9479 Cinereous Finch

Cinereous is a kind of grey:
#9480 Grey-striped Spurfowl

 

[awiner]

Cinereous is a kind of grey:
#9480 Grey-striped Spurfowl

If we're doing "gamebirds",
#9481 Banded Quail

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

If we're doing "gamebirds",
#9481 Banded Quail

Going to Sumatra then for:
#9482 Sumatran Partridge

 

[awiner]

Going to Sumatra then for:
#9482 Sumatran Partridge

Sure, Sumatra #9483
Spot-necked Bulbul

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Sure, Sumatra #9483
Spot-necked Bulbul

Still birding Sumatra:
#9484 Rajah Scops Owl

 

[awiner]

Still birding Sumatra:
#9484 Rajah Scops Owl

Surprisingly still available,
#9485 Sumatran Green Pigeon

 

[johnallcock]

Surprisingly still available,
#9485 Sumatran Green Pigeon

Moving across to Borneo but staying with a colour:
#9486 Sunda Blue Flycatcher

 

[awiner]

Moving across to Borneo but staying with a colour:
#9486 Sunda Blue Flycatcher

Orangey below, darker on top, seems like we're talking about a
#9487 Tepui Whitestart

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

Orangey below, darker on top, seems like we're talking about a
#9487 Tepui Whitestart

To me it sounds like:
#9488 Timor Blue Flycatcher

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

A couple of missing berrypeckers:

Satin Berrypecker, newly described

Spotted was split into Spotted BP (PNG) and Thick-billed Berrypecker (West Papua), not sure which one was taken before (number 8795) but I see that user dandsblair has also played Long-tailed Paradigalla which is in the range of Thick-billed BP in the Arfaks, so maybe that one.

 

[Swindon Addick]

A couple of missing berrypeckers:

Satin Berrypecker, newly described

Spotted was split into Spotted BP (PNG) and Thick-billed Berrypecker (West Papua), not sure which one was taken before (number 8795) but I see that user dandsblair has also played Long-tailed Paradigalla which is in the range of Thick-billed BP in the Arfaks, so maybe that one.

Thanks. I'll get those sorted. Generally if it's not obvious which has been played and the original player is still active on this thread I just ask (over to you @dandsblair )

The rule of thumb with splits and lumps is that Will built the spreadsheet in late 2020 using the then-current IOC spreadsheet and when I picked it up in March 2023 I made a token effort at updating for splits and lumps that had happened in that period but rapidly got bored. So anything split lumped or renamed in 2021 or 2022 is quite likely to be wrong. For lumps it doesn't matter in most cases because we decided early on that we could keep both if they'd both been played, and it's easy to deal with if one had been played and one not.

 

[Swindon Addick]

There's also been a flurry of new IOC announcements which I think I'm up to date with, but the IOC Diary thread has been caught up in the argument about the topic which is gradually taking over the forum and must not be named for fear of summoning it so it's possible I may have missed some. I'll check against the actual IOC species updates when I get more time but I'm aware I'm behind on the last day or so of game play which is more urgent.

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

A few more:

Russet-backed Jungle Flycatcher has been split into two species:

- Flores Jungle Flycatcher

- Sumba Jungle Flycatcher

Streak-breasted Jungle Flycatcher is now called Buru Jungle Flycatcher

 

[awiner]

To me it sounds like:
#9488 Timor Blue Flycatcher

And then a much less fancy flycatcher,
#9489 Furtive Flycatcher

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

And then a much less fancy flycatcher,
#9489 Furtive Flycatcher

Furtive? That sounds like an obscure species!
#9490 Obscure Berrypecker

 

[dandsblair]

Thanks. I'll get those sorted. Generally if it's not obvious which has been played and the original player is still active on this thread I just ask (over to you @dandsblair )

The rule of thumb with splits and lumps is that Will built the spreadsheet in late 2020 using the then-current IOC spreadsheet and when I picked it up in March 2023 I made a token effort at updating for splits and lumps that had happened in that period but rapidly got bored. So anything split lumped or renamed in 2021 or 2022 is quite likely to be wrong. For lumps it doesn't matter in most cases because we decided early on that we could keep both if they'd both been played, and it's easy to deal with if one had been played and one not.

I have seen both, one in PNG and the other in West Papua.
So lets now add #9491 Thick-billed Berrypecker

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

I have seen both, one in PNG and the other in West Papua.
So lets now add #9491 Thick-billed Berrypecker

Wow, that's great, I've just seen Spotted. Let's continue with berrypeckers:
#9492 Streaked Berrypecker

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

A few more changes:

Split:
Russet-backed Jungle Flycatcher has been split into two species:
Flores Jungle Flycatcher
Sumba Jungle Flycatcher

Lumps:
Landana Firefinch has been lumped into African Firefinch
Abbott's Sunbird is lumped with Souimanga Sunbird

Different name:
Streak-breasted Jungle Flycatcher = Buru Jungle Flycatcher
Short-tailed Finch = Boulder Finch
Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker = Red-chested Flowerpecker
Flame-breasted Flowerpecker = Fire-breasted Flowerpecker


Sumatran Laughingthrush has been played = no 9402