Name a Bird You've Seen 2 (17 Viewers)

[dandsblair]

#9121 Garden Sunbird

 

[Larry Sweetland]

#9121 Garden Sunbird

The only other species of bird that exists as a result of a multiple split this week that occurs within the range of Garden Sunbird is:

#9122 Fire-throated Flowepecker

 

[Swindon Addick]

We've got out of sync following moving to yet another new page on the thread - these last 2 were #9122 and #9123. Any takers for 9124?

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

The only other species of bird that exists as a result of a multiple split this week that occurs within the range of Garden Sunbird is:

#9122 Fire-throated Flowepecker

Another member of that split...

#9124 Cambodian Flowerpecker

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Another member of that split...

#9124 Cambodian Flowerpecker

#9125 Sumatran Flowerpecker

 

[Floridabirding]

I have seen flamingos in the wild in South Florida.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

#9125 Sumatran Flowerpecker

I saw this one in Bali this summer...

#9126 Intermediate (Medium) Egret

 

[Swindon Addick]

I saw this one in Bali this summer...

#9126 Intermediate (Medium) Egret

That was played as #9115 shortly after it was split from Plumed Egret. It was also played as #516, until the split meant that particular bird wasn't Intermediate any more.

 

[Swindon Addick]

I have seen flamingos in the wild in South Florida.

American Flamingo is on the list already as number 5787. Another one where it's a bit surprising how far we got into the list before someone named it - any flamingo seen in the wild is a very memorable event.

 

[dandsblair]

9126# Dobois's Seedeater (the flowerpecker is eating)

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

That was played as #9115 shortly after it was split from Plumed Egret. It was also played as #516, until the split meant that particular bird wasn't Intermediate any more.

Sorry about that. It was still in the reverse list when I looked this AM.

And still is now.

 

[Swindon Addick]

Sorry about that. It was still in the reverse list when I looked this AM.

And still is now.

So it is. Or rather was. Fixed now.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

So it is. Or rather was. Fixed now.

Thanks.

 

[Swindon Addick]

Lots of new toys from the IOC, for those who've had really good birding trips - Hooded Pitta is now 5 species and Rufous Fantail 6.

Nicobar Hooded Pitta Pitta abbotti Nicobar Islands
Minahasa Hooded Pitta P. forsteni north Sulawesi
Eastern Hooded Pitta P. novaeguineae (including goodfellowi and mefoorana) New Guinea, islands off NG except Biak
Biak Hooded Pitta P. rosenbergii Biak island
Western Hooded Pitta P. sordida everything else, everywhere else (already played)

Gilolo Fantail Rhipidura torrida North Moluccas
Louisiade Fantail Rhipidura louisiadensis D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archipeligos (e of se New Guinea)
Santa Cruz Fantail Rhipidura melanolaema (including agilis and utupuae) Santa Cruz islands
Micronesian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura versicolor (including uraniae, saipanensis and mariae) Mariana Islands, Yap, formerly Guam.
Solomons Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufofronta (including commoda, granti, brunnea, ugiensis, russata and kuperi) Solomon Islands (except Santa Cruz)
Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons (including intermedia) Australian mainland (already played)

 

[delia todd]

Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons (including intermedia) Australian mainland (already played)

666: Rufous Fantail

LOL all the sixes!!!

That was me.... back in 2020! Would you believe this thread has been going that long LOL

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

9127. Biak Hooded Pitta (the seedeater is hooded)

 

[Swindon Addick]

666: Rufous Fantail

LOL all the sixes!!!

And a Nostradamus-level prediction of how many species Rufous fantail would eventually get split into.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

... and there's also the Arafura Fantail multiple split, again (apart from the form in Australia) a heap of New Guinea and other island spp not for the Like's of me

 

[dandsblair]

9128 Eastern Hooded Pitta assuming that is New Guinea one

 

[Nightjar61]

9129. Choco Black-throated Trogon

Like the previous bird, part of the latest batch of multiple splits, and both have three-word English names.

Dave