Wintibird's World List 2017 (1 Viewer)

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Big day with more than 150 species! We first have another go at Guacamayos Trail, then we bird the road downwards. At one point we hit a super flock with about 45 species, including Blue-browed Tanager! In Archidona we add various lowland species and a side trip to Loreto Road brings Cliff Flycatcher and a lot of new hummers.

18. April - San Isidro to Archidona and Loreto Road, Ecuador
613: Fasciated Tiger Heron
614: Black Caracara
615: Ruddy Ground Dove
616: Barred Parakeet
617: Cobalt-winged Parakeet
618: Scaly-naped Amazon
619: Blackish Nightjar
620: Spot-fronted Swift
621: Grey-rumped Swift
622: Neotropical Palm Swift
623: Green Hermit
624: Blue-fronted Lancebill
625: Violet-headed Hummingbird
626: Wire-crested Thornbill
627: Fork-tailed Woodnymph
628: Golden-tailed Sapphire
629: Many-spotted Hummingbird
630: Glittering-throated Emerald
631: Black-throated Brilliant
632: Gould's Jewelfront
633: Violet-fronted Brilliant
634: White-tailed Hillstar
635: Gorgeted Woodstar
636: Amazon Kingfisher
637: Ringed Kingfisher
638: Black-billed Mountain Toucan
639: Lafresnaye's Piculet
640: Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
641: Rufous Spinetail
642: Black-banded Woodcreeper
643: Olive-backed Woodcreeper
644: Lined Antshrike
645: White-browed Antbird
646: Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
647: Mottle-backed Elaenia
648: Red-billed Tyrannulet
649: Golden-faced Tyrannulet
650: Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
651: Olive-faced Flatbill
652: Cliff Flycatcher
653: Rufous-tailed Tyrant
654: Social Flycatcher
655: Great Kiskadee
656: Black-tailed Tityra
657: White-winged Becard
658: Yellow-green Vireo
659: Violaceous Jay
660: White-winged Swallow
661: Grey-breasted Martin
662: White-banded Swallow
663: Black-capped Donacobius
664: White-lored Euphonia
665: Bronze-green Euphonia
666: Blackpoll Warbler
667: Crested Oropendola
668: Yellow-rumped Cacique
669: Rufous-crested Tanager
670: Silver-beaked Tanager
671: Yellow-throated Tanager
672: Orange-eared Tanager
673: Turquoise Tanager
674: Paradise Tanager
675: Spotted Tanager
676: Blue-browed Tanager
677: Black-faced Dacnis
678: Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer
679: Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Black-capped Donacobius, Cliff Flycatcher and White-winged Swallow:

 

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Some last birding around San Isidro, then we move on to Wildsumaco, our base for the next five nights.

19. April - San Isidro to Wildsumaco, Ecuador
680: White-capped Parrot
681: Band-bellied Owl
682: Channel-billed Toucan
683: White-crested Elaenia
684: Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant
685: Green-and-black Fruiteater
686: Sepia-brown Wren
687: Pale-eyed Thrush
688: Black-eared Hemispingus

 

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First full day at Wildsumaco. Birding with local guide Byron on F.A.C.E.-Trail and along the road. Lots of new species.

20. April - Wildsumaco, Ecuador
689: Blackish Rail
690: Scaled Pigeon
691: Chestnut-fronted Macaw
692: Napo Sabrewing
693: Rufous-vented Whitetip
694: Peruvian Racket-tail
695: Coppery-chested Jacamar
696: Black-streaked Puffbird
697: Gilded Barbet
698: Rufous-breasted Piculet
699: Crimson-bellied Woodpecker
700: Montane Foliage-gleaner
701: Plain Antvireo
702: Yellow-breasted Antwren
703: Black Antbird
704: White-backed Fire-eye
705: Spot-backed Antbird
706: Short-tailed Antthrush
707: Chestnut-crowned Gnateater
708: Northern White-crowned Tapaculo
709: Foothill Elaenia
710: Ecuadorian Tyrannulet
711: Olive-chested Flycatcher
712: White-throated Spadebill
713: Western Wood Pewee
714: White-crowned Manakin
715: Rufous-naped Greenlet
716: Olivaceous Greenlet
717: Grey-cheeked Thrush
718: Greyish Saltator

A Coppery-chested Jacamar and a Black-streaked Puffbird:

 

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Today we did the Waterfall-Trail and Piha-Trail (however we only heard the Piha). Later along the road and some heavy rain pushes us back to the lodge and we bird from under a roof ;-)

21. April - Wildsumaco, Ecuador
719: Military Macaw
720: Napo Screech Owl
721: Chestnut-tipped Toucanet
722: Many-banded Aracari
723: Golden-collared Toucanet
724: Little Woodpecker
725: Dark-breasted Spinetail
726: Dusky Spinetail
727: Ornate Antwren
728: Rufous-winged Antwren
729: Black-faced Antbird
730: Plain-backed Antpitta
731: Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
732: Large Elaenia
733: Euler's Flycatcher
734: Blue-rumped Manakin
735: Yellow-cheeked Becard
736: Golden-rumped Euphonia
737: Ashy-throated Bush Tanager
738: Fulvous Shrike-Tanager
739: Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

Sumaco Vulcano:

 

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Another day at Wildsumaco. We bird down the road to Loreto road, adding several lowland species. Some good owling after dinner, too.

22. April - Wildsumaco, Ecuador
740: Tropical Screech Owl
741: Rufescent Screech Owl
742: Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
743: Black-eared Fairy
744: Chestnut-eared Aracari
745: Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner
746: Black-billed Treehunter
747: Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
748: Red-billed Scythebill
749: Yellow Tyrannulet
750: Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher
751: Long-tailed Tyrant
752: Large-headed Flatbill
753: Fiery-throated Fruiteater
754: Red-eyed Vireo
755: Wing-banded Wren
756: White-necked Thrush
757: Yellow-browed Sparrow
758: Magpie Tanager
759: Yellow-bellied Tanager
760: Swallow Tanager
761: Slate-colored Grosbeak

And here a Golden-tailed Sapphire, a Brown Violetear, a splendid Wire-crested Thorntail and a Yellow-browed Sparrow:

 

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Last full day in Wildsumaco. We bird the Benavides Trail, very slow birding at first but then we hit gold and encounter a Black Tinamou with a chick. Excellent stuff.

23. April - Wildsumaco, Ecuador
762: Black Tinamou
763: King Vulture
764: Plumbeous Kite
765: Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
766: Plain-winged Antwren
767: Common Scale-backed Antbird
768: Spectacled Bristle Tyrant
769: Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant
770: Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo
771: Grey-mantled Wren
772: Musician Wren
773: Golden-eared Tanager

 

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Today was mainly a travel day. First we drove to Coca. From there I took the boat down the River Napo and finally I had to change to a canoe before reaching the Napo Wildlife Center. Some good birds on the way to the center.

24. April - Wildsumaco to River Napo, Ecuador
774: Speckled Chachalaca
775: Bare-faced Ibis
776: Rufescent Tiger Heron
777: Zigzag Heron
778: Snowy Egret
779: Anhinga
780: Yellow-headed Caracara
781: Bat Falcon
782: Red-bellied Macaw
783: Hoatzin
784: Greater Ani
785: Great Potoo
786: Drab Water Tyrant
787: Lesser Kiskadee
788: Red-capped Cardinal

A Hoatzin and a Red-capped Cardinal (a wet one)

 

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Full day in the Yasuni National Park. We visit three different canopy towers and bird on the trails to them. As usual, some heavy rain....

25. April - Napo Wildlife Center, Ecuador
789: Variegated Tinamou
790: Blue-throated Piping Guan
791: Striated Heron
792: Little Blue Heron
793: Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
794: Snail Kite
795: Crane Hawk
796: Scarlet Macaw
797: Dusky-headed Parakeet
798: White-eyed Parakeet
799: Black-headed Parrot
800: Southern Mealy Amazon
801: Pauraque
802: White-fronted Nunbird
803: Swallow-winged Puffbird
804: Lettered Aracari
805: Ivory-billed Aracari
806: White-throated Toucan
807: Ringed Woodpecker
808: Cinereous Antshrike
809: Rufous-tailed Antwren
810: Amazonian Streaked Antwren
811: White-flanked Antwren
812: Grey Antwren
813: Spot-winged Antbird
814: Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher
815: Grey-crowned Flatbill
816: Eastern Wood Pewee
817: Piratic Flycatcher
818: Streaked Flycatcher
819: Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
820: Spangled Cotinga
821: Bare-necked Fruitcrow
822: Olive Oropendola
823: Orange-backed Troupial
824: Flame-crested Tanager
825: Green-and-gold Tanager
826: Opal-rumped Tanager
827: Opal-crowned Tanager

Ivory-billed Aracari and Black-tailed Tityra:

 

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We bird the Tiputini Trail in the morning until heavy rain pushes us back to the lodge. Some good birding around the lodge in the afternoon.

26. April - Napo Wildlife Center, Ecuador
828: Western Osprey
829: Ornate Hawk-Eagle
830: Grey-fronted Dove
831: Blue-tailed Emerald
832: Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
833: Cream-coloured Woodpecker
834: Long-billed Woodcreeper
835: Dusky-throated Antshrike
836: Moustached Antwren
837: Plumbeous Antbird
838: Lunulated Antbird
839: Dot-backed Antbird
840: Purple-throated Fruitcrow
841: Masked Crimson Tanager

Red Howler Monkey:

 

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And the adventure comes to an end. Leaving the lodge early and still adding some new birds on the way out with the canoe. Then the fast boat to Coca, a flight to Quito, another one to Madrid and a final one to Switzerland. Ecuador is an amazing country. The total list (inclusive heard only) stands at 668 species, more than 300 new for me!

27. April - Napo Wildlife Center to Quito, Ecuador
842: Green Ibis
843: Limpkin
844: Yellow-crowned Amazon
845: Sand-coloured Nighthawk
846: Rufous-breasted Hermit
847: Pale-tailed Barbthroat
848: White-chinned Jacamar
849: Silvered Antbird
850: Brown-chested Martin
851: American Cliff Swallow
852: Lawrence's Thrush

 

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Well, back home and of course after a three week holiday lot of work to do. Still some birding, though:

19. January - Chur, Switzerland
853: Eurasian Sparrowhawk (that one almost got away)

30. April - Wöflinswil, Switzerland
854: Common House Martin

5. May - Winterthur, Switzerland
855: Common Swift

7. May - Neeracherried, Switzerland
856: Common Ringed Plover
857: Little Stint
858: Eurasian Reed Warbler
859: Whinchat

17. May - Greifensee, Switzerland
860: Purple Heron
861: Common Tern
862: Willow Warbler
863: Great Reed Warbler
864: Spotted Flycatcher

 

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Three days in the Valle Poschiavo, southern Switzerland. The Hazel Grouse was a big surprise, flushed on a hike. But the Melodious Warbler was also pretty cool and unexpected. And three days of sunshine and amazing views of the Alps

25. May - Poschiavo, Switzerland
865: Lesser Whitethroat
866: Common Redstart
867: White-winged Snowfinch
868: Dunnock

26. May - Poschiavo, Switzerland
869: Hazel Grouse
870: Melodious Warbler
871: Tree Pipit

27. May - Poschiavo, Switzerland
872: Black Woodpecker (finally one seen)
873: Spotted Nutcracker
874: Common Linnet
875: Common Redpoll

 

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And here comes June. The Scops Owl was a big surprise, the first record for my hometown.

5. June - Chatzensee, Switzerland
876: Marsh Warbler
877: Garden Warbler
878: Common Nightingale

10. June - Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland
879: Eurasian Hobby

11. June - Winterthur, Switzerland
880: Eurasian Scops Owl

17. June - Wallis, Switzerland
881: Western Bonelli's Warbler
882: Ring Ouzel
883: Northern Wheatear
884: Citril Finch

25. June - Wallis, Switzerland
885: European Bee-eater
886: Eurasian Hoopoe
887: Red-backed Shrike

 

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And some last additions before leaving to Uganda The Treehunter got lost somehow.

9. April - Ecuador
888: Striped Treehunter

8. July - Silvaplana, Switzerland
889: Alpine Accentor

 

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After a long flight via Dubai we arrived in Uganda early afternoon and met our guide Crammy Wanyama from Avian Safaris (highly recommandable!). After we put our luggage in the hotel we went for a first birding session in the nearby Botanical Gardens of Entebbe.

17. July - Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda
890: African Openbill
891: Hadada Ibis
892: White-backed Night-Heron
893: Black-headed Heron
894: Hamerkop
895: Reed Cormorant
896: White-breasted Cormorant
897: Palm-nut Vulture
898: Hooded Vulture
899: Wahlberg's Eagle
900: Yellow-billed Kite
901: Black Crake
902: Spur-winged Lapwing
903: Speckled Pigeon
904: Red-eyed Dove
905: Blue-spotted Wood Dove
906: African Green Pigeon
907: Meyer's Parrot
908: Great Blue Turaco
909: Ross's Turaco
910: Eastern Plantain-eater
911: Blue-headed Coucal
912: Klaas's Cuckoo
913: Little Swift
914: Speckled Mousebird
915: Broad-billed Roller
916: Woodland Kingfisher
917: Crowned Hornbill
918: Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
919: Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
920: Northern Puffback
921: Black-headed Gonolek
922: Grey-backed Fiscal
923: Pied Crow
924: Dark-capped Bulbul
925: Yellow-throated Greenbul
926: Angolan Swallow
927: Winding Cisticola
928: Tawny-flanked Prinia
929: White-chinned Prinia
930: Grey-capped Warbler
931: African Yellow White-eye
932: Splendid Starling
933: Rüppell's Starling
934: African Thrush
935: White-browed Robin-Chat
936: Northern Black Flycatcher
937: Swamp Flycatcher
938: Collared Sunbird
939: Scarlet-chested Sunbird
940: Olive-bellied Sunbird
941: Red-chested Sunbird
942: Slender-billed Weaver
943: Orange Weaver
944: Village Weaver
945: Vieillot's Black Weaver
946: Black-headed Weaver
947: Red-billed Firefinch
948: Bronze Mannikin
949: Yellow-throated Longclaw
950: African Pipit

Attached a Winding Cisticola and a Crowned Hornbill:

 

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On the second day of our African adventure we drove out of Entebbe to the famous Mabamba Swamp. A four hour boat trip brought lots of new species, including the iconic Shoebill. Later we drove on westwards, birding along the way and finally arriving at Lake Mburo Nationalpark.

18. July - Mabama Swamp to Lake Mburo Nationalpark, Uganda
951: Helmeted Guineafowl
952: Crested Francolin
953: White-faced Whistling Duck
954: Spur-winged Goose
955: Knob-billed Duck
956: African Pygmy Goose
957: Yellow-billed Duck
958: Yellow-billed Stork
959: Marabou Stork
960: African Sacred Ibis
961: African Spoonbill
962: Squacco Heron
963: Rufous-bellied Heron
964: Shoebill
965: Black-winged Kite
966: African Harrier-Hawk
967: Black-chested Snake Eagle
968: Western Banded Snake Eagle
969: Long-crested Eagle
970: Lizard Buzzard
971: Shikra
972: African Marsh Harrier
973: Grey Kestrel
974: African Swamphen
975: Lesser Moorhen
976: Grey Crowned Crane
977: Long-toed Lapwing
978: Crowned Lapwing
979: African Wattled Lapwing
980: African Jacana
981: Grey-headed Gull
982: Ring-necked Dove
983: Laughing Dove
984: Bare-faced Go-away-bird
985: Levaillant's Cuckoo
986: Black-shouldered Nightjar
987: Freckled Nightjar
988: African Palm Swift
989: Blue-naped Mousebird
990: Lilac-breasted Roller
991: Striped Kingfisher
992: Blue-breasted Kingfisher
993: Malachite Kingfisher
994: Common Scimitarbill
995: Spot-flanked Barbet
996: Double-toothed Barbet
997: Fork-tailed Drongo
998: African Blue Flycatcher
999: White-shouldered Black Tit
1000: Blue Swallow
1001: Red-rumped Swallow
1002: Greater Swamp Warbler
1003: Trilling Cisticola
1004: Carruther's Cisticola
1005: Short-winged Cisticola
1006: Black-lored Babbler
1007: Brown Babbler
1008: Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
1009: Thick-billed Weaver
1010: Northern Brown-throated Weaver
1011: Weyn's Weaver
1012: Red-headed Weaver
1013: Red-billed Quelea
1014: Fan-tailed Widowbird
1015: Green-winged Pytilia
1016: African Firefinch
1017: Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
1018: Common Waxbill
1019: Village Indigobird
1020: Pin-tailed Wydah
1021: Cape Wagtail
1022: African Pied Wagtail
1023: Plain-backed Pipit
1024: Striped Pipit
1025: Yellow-fronted Canary
1026: Brimstone Canary

A Long-toed Lapwing, a Palm-nut Vulture and (of course!) a Shoebill:

 

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Boat trip on Lake Mburo in the morning with great views of African Finfoot. Later a game drive to Lake Mburo National Park, a savannah park and then driving further west to Kisoro.

19. July - Lake Mburo to Kisoro, Uganda
1027: Red-necked Spurfowl
1028: Hottentot Teal
1029: Woolly-necked Stork
1030: Little Bittern
1031: Goliath Heron
1032: Pink-backed Pelican
1033: White-backed Vulture
1034: Bateleur
1035: African Fish Eagle
1036: Augur Buzzard
1037: African Finfoot
1038: Senegal Lapwing
1039: Three-banded Plover
1040: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
1041: Red-headed Lovebird
1042: White-browed Coucal
1043: Verreaux's Eagle Owl
1044: Grey-headed Kingfisher
1045: Shining-blue Kingfisher
1046: Little Bee-eater
1047: Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
1048: African Grey Hornbill
1049: Greater Honeyguide
1050: Chinspot Batis
1051: Tropical Boubou
1052: Payrus Gonolek
1053: Black Cuckooshrike
1054: Mackinnon's Shrike
1055: Northern Fiscal
1056: African Paradise Flycatcher
1057: White-necked Raven
1058: White-headed Saw-wing
1059: Lesser Striped Swallow
1060: Red-faced Crombec
1061: White-winged Swamp Warbler
1062: Buff-bellied Warbler
1063: Yellow-breasted Apalis
1064: Grey-backed Camaroptera
1065: Greater Blue-eared Starling
1066: Yellow-billed Oxpecker
1067: Brown-backed Scrub Robin
1068: African Stonechat
1069: Sooty Chat
1070: White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
1071: Southern Black Flycatcher
1072: Bronzy Sunbird
1073: Baglafecht Weaver
1074: Little Weaver
1075: Golden-backed Weaver
1076: Yellow Bishop

A Zebra, the Finfoot and a Lilac-breasted Roller:

 

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A full day birdwatching in Mgahinga National Park, at the boarder of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo. Some good birds and a fabulous scenery.

20. July - Mgahinga NP, Uganda
1077: Crowned Eagle
1078: African Goshawk
1079: African Olive Pigeon
1080: Dusky Turtle Dove
1081: Ruwenzori Turaco
1082: White-throated Bee-eater
1083: Western Tinkerbird
1084: Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
1085: Lesser Honeyguide
1086: Olive Woodpecker
1087: Ruwenzori Batis
1088: Mountain Sooty Boubou
1089: Stripe-breasted Tit
1090: Olive-breasted Greenbul
1091: Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
1092: Black Saw-wing
1093: Red-faced Woodland Warbler
1094: African Yellow Warbler
1095: Mountain Yellow Warbler
1096: Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
1097: Chubb's Cisticola
1098: Chestnut-throated Apalis
1099: Mountain Illadopsis
1100: Ruwenzori Hill Babbler
1111: White-starred Robin
1112: Archer's Ground Robin
1113: Cape Robin-Chat
1114: African Dusky Flycatcher
1115: Green-headed Sunbird
1116: Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
1117: Northern Double-collared Sunbird
1118: Regal Sunbird
1119: Variable Sunbird
1110: Kandt's Waxbill
1111: Western Citril
1112: Thick-billed Seedeater
1113: Streaky Seedeater
1114: Yellow-crowned Canary

Dusky Turtle Dove and Augur Buzzard:

 

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Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to our base in Ruhija. On the way some birding at Echuya Forest and some birding around Ruhija in the afternoon.

21. July - Bwindi NP
1115: Blue Malkoha
1116: Grey-throated Barbet
1117: Cardinal Woodpecker
1118: Brown-capped Tchagra
1119: Petit's Cuckooshrike
1120: Mountain Oriole
1121: Yellow-streaked Greenbul
1122: Rock Martin
1123: White-browed Crombec
1124: Grauer's Warbler
1125: Grauer's Swamp Warbler
1126: Banded Prinia
1127: Mountain Masked Apalis
1128: Sharpe's Starling
1129: Abyssinian Thrush
1130: Little Green Sunbird
1131: Black-necked Weaver
1132: Strange Weaver
1133: Yellow-bellied Waxbill
1134: Black-crowned Waxbill
1135: Golden-breasted Bunting

 

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A day's hike to Mubwindi Swamp in Bwindi, the main target being Grauer's Broadbill. And we scored! An active nest with two chicks and two feeding adults, another pair high in the canopy and another bird in a mixed flock. What a great day!

22. July - Bwindi NP, Uganda
1136: Handsome Francolin
1137: Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
1138: Black-billed Turaco
1139: White-headed Wood-Hoopoe
1140: Grauer's Broadbill
1141: Bocage's Bushshrike
1142: Grey Cuckooshrike
1143: White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
1144: Dusky Tit
1145: Evergreen Forest Warbler
1146: Ruwenzori Apalis
1147: Black-throated Apalis
1148: Slender-billed Starling
1149: Waller's Starling
1150: Stuhlmann's Starling
1151: Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
1152: Blue-headed Sunbird
1153: Tiny Sunbird
1154: Brown-capped Weaver
1155: Red-headed Malimbe
1156: Grey-headed Nigrita
1157: Oriole Finch