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<blockquote data-quote="Touty" data-source="post: 4097485" data-attributes="member: 3725"><p>I passed a splendid afternoon in the Trieste NHM with the rain pouring down outside sorting through the skins and imagining how much it would cost to keep my house at the temperature you find in Italian public buildings and offices. The stuffed neotropical birds on the desk must have felt quite at home at 25°C! </p><p></p><p>Some of the highlights today included a set of three Leafbirds: Greater (<em>Chloropsis sonnerati</em>), Lesser (<em>C. cyanopogon</em>) and Golden-fronted (<em>C. aurifrons</em>) as well as a scattering of Tanagers including the big Scarlet-throated Tanager (<em>Compsothraupis loricata</em>), three amazing-looking Swallow Tanagers (<em>Tersina viridis</em>) and a Widowbird (<em>Vidua sp.</em>)</p><p></p><p>I'm away this weekend, so to keep you busy here are a couple of 'dodgy' birds:</p><p></p><p>The first appears to be a weaver of some sort with a yellow cap but the body proportions, markings and the way it has been posed almost give it a the look of a 'Calandra-type' desert lark:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://home.xnet.it/tout/mystery_bird3a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I know, I know... there's a Yellow-capped Weaver (<em>Ploceus dorsomaculatus</em>) but I can't find a picture of it, and anyway, why would it be called ''<em>dorsomaculatus</em>' (spotted back) when it's the chest and cap that stand out?</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">>> "johnallcock": The weaver looks like a male black-breasted <em>Ploceus benghalensis</em></span></p><p></p><p>Here's another. No label again. I'm fairly sure that this is an old and faded Paradise Tanager (<em>Tanagra chilensis</em>) ... still I hope I look as good when I reach my 150th birthday. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://home.xnet.it/tout/mystery_bird4a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The only odd thing is that the photos on the web are extremely variable. I'd imagine that this is due to the variety of subspecies. Please let me know.</p><p></p><p>Last but not least... (no label of course) this looks like it HAS to be some kind of Tanager ... it's very small though, about the size of a Wood Warbler (<em>Phylloscopus sibilatrix</em>) or a little larger :</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://home.xnet.it/tout/mystery_bird2a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>but flicking through the web it isn't popping up on the image search engines - making me think it's fairly rare - though this 'Blue Tanager' did pop up while I was looking:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojRIkNc9meg/SImtr1MC9CI/AAAAAAAAUeE/9M6ZNX8GNrk/s400/Blue+Tanager.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Let me know!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Touty, post: 4097485, member: 3725"] I passed a splendid afternoon in the Trieste NHM with the rain pouring down outside sorting through the skins and imagining how much it would cost to keep my house at the temperature you find in Italian public buildings and offices. The stuffed neotropical birds on the desk must have felt quite at home at 25°C! Some of the highlights today included a set of three Leafbirds: Greater ([I]Chloropsis sonnerati[/I]), Lesser ([I]C. cyanopogon[/I]) and Golden-fronted ([I]C. aurifrons[/I]) as well as a scattering of Tanagers including the big Scarlet-throated Tanager ([I]Compsothraupis loricata[/I]), three amazing-looking Swallow Tanagers ([I]Tersina viridis[/I]) and a Widowbird ([I]Vidua sp.[/I]) I'm away this weekend, so to keep you busy here are a couple of 'dodgy' birds: The first appears to be a weaver of some sort with a yellow cap but the body proportions, markings and the way it has been posed almost give it a the look of a 'Calandra-type' desert lark: [CENTER][IMG]http://home.xnet.it/tout/mystery_bird3a.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] I know, I know... there's a Yellow-capped Weaver ([I]Ploceus dorsomaculatus[/I]) but I can't find a picture of it, and anyway, why would it be called ''[I]dorsomaculatus[/I]' (spotted back) when it's the chest and cap that stand out? [COLOR="DarkRed"]>> "johnallcock": The weaver looks like a male black-breasted [I]Ploceus benghalensis[/I][/COLOR] Here's another. No label again. I'm fairly sure that this is an old and faded Paradise Tanager ([I]Tanagra chilensis[/I]) ... still I hope I look as good when I reach my 150th birthday. [CENTER][IMG]http://home.xnet.it/tout/mystery_bird4a.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] The only odd thing is that the photos on the web are extremely variable. I'd imagine that this is due to the variety of subspecies. Please let me know. Last but not least... (no label of course) this looks like it HAS to be some kind of Tanager ... it's very small though, about the size of a Wood Warbler ([I]Phylloscopus sibilatrix[/I]) or a little larger : [CENTER][IMG]http://home.xnet.it/tout/mystery_bird2a.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] but flicking through the web it isn't popping up on the image search engines - making me think it's fairly rare - though this 'Blue Tanager' did pop up while I was looking: [CENTER][IMG]http://bp0.blogger.com/_ojRIkNc9meg/SImtr1MC9CI/AAAAAAAAUeE/9M6ZNX8GNrk/s400/Blue+Tanager.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Let me know! [/QUOTE]
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