Various, Thailand (1 Viewer)

[opisska]

1 & 9 - Kaeng Krachan (low altitude around lower camp)
2 - fields NW from Bangkok (juvenile jacana - bronze-winged or pheasant-tailed?)
3 - 8 Khao Yai

I think for all the birds the genus is pretty obvious and then it gets unreasonably hard. I probably just need a better book, the illustrations in Robson's New Holland guide are not really great for many of the groups (but it really conveniently covers a large area).

 

[Bewick]

Tickells blue flycatcher (male for sixth and female for last one), possibly… don’t see the white for the mugimaki. Japanese sparrowhawk, looks small so possible. In only now a few birds from that area so probably wrong. Maybe oriental reed warbler as it looks like a great Reed warbler for the first one. Ashy drongo maybe for 5 and 7. Maybe some sort of prinia for 4. No clue for 2 and 8. Hopefully I have at least one right. I’ve searched up prinia Thailand and a plain prinia comes up, doesn’t look exact but leg colour looks close.

 

[andyb39]

1. The race cinnamomeoventris of Olive Bulbul, sometimes called Baker's Bulbul and possibly a species in its own right.
2. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (wing is mostly white).
3. I think I'd go for Japanese Sparrowhawk too - looks small and dainty, five-fingered hand, gular stripe, streaked upper breast but barred flanks, no distinct tail bands.
4. Plain Prinia.
5. Black-winged Cuckooshrike (note the broad white tips, like half-moons, to the under tail-feathers).
6. Hill Blue Flycatcher, I think, as the orange wash, fading to brown, extends down the belly and flanks.
7. Black-winged Cuckooshrike (half-moons again).
8. Moustached Barbet.
9. Tricky one - a female Flycatcher, maybe Blue-and-white as it has a brown wash on the breast.

 

[opisska]

Thanks! I was going there and back on the blue flycatcher over and over, the species are so similar! I was thinking the BW Cuckooshrike, but didn't have good info in how the tail is diagnostic or not. This will pad the triplist nicely

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

1. The race cinnamomeoventris of Olive Bulbul, sometimes called Baker's Bulbul and possibly a species in its own right.
2. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (wing is mostly white).
3. I think I'd go for Japanese Sparrowhawk too - looks small and dainty, five-fingered hand, gular stripe, streaked upper breast but barred flanks, no distinct tail bands.
4. Plain Prinia.
5. Black-winged Cuckooshrike (note the broad white tips, like half-moons, to the under tail-feathers).
6. Hill Blue Flycatcher, I think, as the orange wash, fading to brown, extends down the belly and flanks.
7. Black-winged Cuckooshrike (half-moons again).
8. Moustached Barbet.
9. Tricky one - a female Flycatcher, maybe Blue-and-white as it has a brown wash on the breast.

1. looks more like a Besra
9. is a female Cyornis, suspect Chinese Blue.

Grahame

 

[andyb39]

@Grahame Walbridge For no.3, Besra was my first thought, but it doesn't seem to have the broad tail bands?

You're no doubt right about no.9 - looking again, the wash on the breast is orangey once you've lightened the image. The ear-coverts also lack the streaking of Blue-and-white/Zappey's, the tail is contrastingly rufous and the bird lacks the bulk of that species too. @opisska A frontal view might confirm this.

 

[opisska]

Sadly there are no other views for #9

 

[andyb39]

Sadly there are no other views for #9

I know Chinese is common in winter at KK - I think they've got a hide set up, where it's pretty regular? However, Hainan is also present.