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

[delia todd]

Unless Delia tells us otherwise, I'm going to assume her Intermediate Egret was A. intermedia intermedia, meaning Plumed Egret and Yellow-billed Egret are both now available if anyone's seen one, thanks to the IOC's taxonomic generosity. Good luck finding a connection from either of them to Variegated Antpitta, though...

Ummmm..... it was in Australia. I'll go look up the subspecies there, 'cos I can't remember LOL

 

[delia todd]

Seems it must be plumifera

Intermediate Egret - BirdForum Opus

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[Larry Sweetland]

Well ..... It's a real mission to come up with a connection, but Missiones is the only area within Argententina that Variegated Antpitta occurs, which is also true of the freshly split:-

9113. Atlantic Black-throated Trogon 😁

 

[Swindon Addick]

So we are now in the interesting position that Intermediate Egret was number 516, and Intermediate Egret is still available (we're not really going to call it "Medium Egret", are we?).

 

[Nightjar61]

9114. Northern Black-throated Trogon

Dave

 

[Larry Sweetland]

9114. Northern Black-throated Trogon

Is the most northerly occurring split of the Black-throated Trogon complex. The other most northerly occurring split that happened yesterday is the once again available tentatively named:-

9115. Intermediate Egret 😃

 

[Nightjar61]

9116. Yellow-billed Egret

Dave

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I now rEgret not waiting until later to post my last link because a smoother link would have been the word black in the even more freshly split:-

9117 Black-eared Barbet

(Sorry 😁)

 

[Swindon Addick]

I now rEgret not waiting until later to post my last link because a smoother link would have been the word black in the even more freshly split:-

9117 Black-eared Barbet

(Sorry 😁)

There's nothing wrong with "northernmost member of a multi-species group split by the IOC on 26 September 2023" as a link. Arguably it's almost the perfect example.

 

[dantheman]

9115 (and 9116) and 9117 also rhyme, but 9116 and 9117 are both double-barrelled to start (a colour and then body part) but then 9115 and 9117 contain the letters 'term' and 'ear' respectively in the middles, both of which also occur in the phrase, 'terms of endearment'.

So not sure, but probably fine ;-)

 

[Swindon Addick]

At this point we need @Larry Sweetland to decide something for us, following the latest round of gifts from the IOC:

Oct 1 Split Streaked Fantail into three species: New Caledonian, Vanuatu, and Fiji Streaked Fantails.

So I did a search to see if he's reported where he saw the old species, found his epic trip report and ... he's seen all three.

So Larry, if you'd care to specify which you have already played, the other two will then be available for anyone else who's birded those islands.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

At this point we need @Larry Sweetland to decide something for us, following the latest round of gifts from the IOC:

So I did a search to see if he's reported where he saw the old species, found his epic trip report and ... he's seen all three.

So Larry, if you'd care to specify which you have already played, the other two will then be available for anyone else who's birded those islands.

Ok, I'll say my original one is Vanuatu Streaked Fantail, as hopefully the other 2 island areas are more frequently visited

 

[Swindon Addick]

Olive-backed Sunbird is no more, having been chopped up into no less that 8 species. A bit of searching found that Will (who originally played this species) reported seeing it in Bangkok, which means the one he saw was Ornate Sunbird. He may well have seen others, but we'll go with that one. Garden Sunbird (which used to be the nominate subspecies) and the 6 localised ones are all available if anyone has seen them.

 

[dandsblair]

I'll play 9118 New Caledonia Streaked Fantail it has a black ear (althought covert stripe is white).

 

[Larry Sweetland]

9119. Fiji Streaked Fantail

 

[foresttwitcher]

Olive-backed Sunbird is no more, having been chopped up into no less that 8 species. A bit of searching found that Will (who originally played this species) reported seeing it in Bangkok, which means the one he saw was Ornate Sunbird. He may well have seen others, but we'll go with that one. Garden Sunbird (which used to be the nominate subspecies) and the 6 localised ones are all available if anyone has seen them.

What is the one in Singapore now called?

 

[Larry Sweetland]

What is the one in Singapore now called?

Ornate

 

[Swindon Addick]

What is the one in Singapore now called?

There's a helpful summary of the new species' geography in the IOC diary thread. Latest IOC diary updates

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

9119. Fiji Streaked Fantail

Well, since it's available, I'll go with another island species...

#9120 Sahul Sunbird

(and I've got two others from the split as well).

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Well, since it's available, I'll go with another island species...

#9120 Sahul Sunbird

(and I've got two others from the split as well).

#9121 Aurora Sunbird (aka Palawan Sunbird)