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Bird spotting from our terrace in Thitaw Lay House

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See below for our regularly updated observations (date and time, English and scientific name, pic source). 

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Most pictures are simply googled or found through http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/. Our plan for 2016-17 is to steadily replace the internet pictures by our own material (smartphone pics through the Celestron scope).

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Clicking on the picture will lead you to a narrative on the bird, mostly found on Wikipedia. 

 

We will be very grateful for any text contribution, correction or mentioning of a copyright issue. 

23/11/15 8am Slender-billed oriole Oriolus tenuirostris 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/14888671@N02/7988239581

18/11/15 1pm Japanese white-eye Zosterops japonicus 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/30818542@N04/5401952176

13/11/15 8am Oriental magpie robin Copsychus saularis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/5685066523

23/11/15 4pm Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50307457@N08/5435656513

26/11/15 7am Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34328261@N02/3216942818

30/11/15 8am Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

https://www.flickr.com/photos/30818542@N04/7187036134

10/12/15 9am Eastern Buzzard   Buteo japonicus

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/Buteo_rufinus_cirtensis_2.jpg

14/12/15 7am Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides rufescens

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ivijayanand/6416430053/

02/04/16 1pm Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus

http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi?id=15369257939

29/12/15 10am Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis female

http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php

08/01/16 8am Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

https://ayuwat.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/identifying-common-rosefinches/

12/01/16 10am Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59165737@N05/8430044537

22/01/16 4pm Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula sordida (female)

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/slatybacked_flycatcher_femaled3s_013498.jpg

20/02/16 5pm White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/whitewagtails.html

05/03/16 10am Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica

http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2512&Bird_Image_ID=24255&p=91

04/04/16 7am Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon 

Treron phoenicopterus

http://indianbirdsphotography.blogspot.com/2015_05_01_archive.html

13/03/16 8am Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/3066567107

21/03/16 7am Dark-breasted Rosefinch

Procarduelis nipalensis (female)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/97193614@N02/23854585546

01/04/16 4pm Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124200561@N04/14242773363

08/04/16 6pm Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni (female)

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/hodgsons_redstartjic_4619.jpg

17/04/16 7am Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon

Treron sphenurus (female)

http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=233458

23/07/16 8am Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

http://www.lilykumpe.com/wildlife/jq895jdzm8n2k8net7jl451r0v20r9

01/05/16 7am Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/imagecache/photo_940/pictures/greybreasted_prinia_jugalt_28jun081_28_06_2008.jpg

23/05/16 9am Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus remifer

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Lesser_Racket-tailed_Drongo.jpg

31/05/16 8am White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/knight_agilulf/21770458/89898/89898_800.jpg

30/05/16 7am Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii

http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/201304020847113.jpg

25/07/16 9am Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64565252@N00/2976408608

19/09/16 3pm Golden-bellied Gerygone

Gerygone sulphurea

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7523/15351063564_665882f2d2_b.jpg

18/12/16 10am Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68466173@N02/20676074812

02/01/17 9am Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 

http://www.birds.kz/v2taxon.php?s=501&l=ru

21/04/17 3pm Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus

http://hachi.sfc.keio.ac.jp/img/fry.jpg

23/10/17 12pm Asian Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone paradisi 

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MCbffZrISug/hqdefault.jpg

09/11/17 10am Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/observations//970.jpg

24/12/17 10am Orange-breasted Pigeon

Treron bicinctus

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fd/ee/7a/fdee7af33ad460e1c85e174649f0a3a1.jpg

10/03/18 9am Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus

http://strix.main.jp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1103270526-500x375.jpg

15/04/18 9am Purple Sunbird

Cinnyris asiaticus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/4363711474

13/11/15 8am Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis 

hhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ianw47/4655638474/

23/11/15 7am Long-tailed minivet Pericrocotus ethologus

http://flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/16649359465

17/11/15 10am Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10578020@N08/6245787693

14/11/15 7am Black bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/3793739796

25/11/15 8am Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7942071@N02/9458892330

29/11/15 11am Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster

http://flickr.com/photos/26931849@N04/12378795134

04/12/15 4pm Yellow-browed Warbler Abrornis inornatus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26836253@N04/15859750811

12/12/15 9am Great Barbet Psilopogon virens

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7942071@N02/9456743079

16/12/15 7am House Crow         Corvus splendens 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12639178@N07/13306116745

28/12/15 10am Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/49788843@N03/5748875319/

01/01/16 1pm Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus stresemanni

http://www.naturfakta.no/images/bimage.php?id=3870

06/01/16 9am Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

https://www.flickr.com/photos/49788843@N03/5342476904/

09/01/16 2pm Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

http://www.naturepicturesource.com/gallery/208-0-Leafbirds,_Ioras.html

14/01/16 9am Hill Myna

Gracula religiosa

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/hill_myna_0933_hs.jpg

26/01/16 4pm Greenish Warbler Seicercus trochiloides

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68466173@N02/23652173273

18/02/16 8am Rock Pigeon (City P.)

Columba livia

http://www.jimburnsphotos.com/pages/rockpigeon.html

23/02/16 9am Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus (female)

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleszka_chi%C5%84ska#/media/File:Phoenicurus_auroreus_female_side.JPG

08/03/16 8am Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/gbs1_copy2.jpg

09/03/16 2pm Blyth's Pipit

Anthus godlewskii 

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/sultanpuranthusgodlewskii5.jpg

19/03/16 8am Eurasian Hoopoe

Upupa epops

http://gamta.cepkeliai-dzukija.lt/imgs/796/Kukutis_5.jpg

27/03/16 7am Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus

http://i75.servimg.com/u/f75/16/77/22/99/verdit10.jpg

05/04/16 7am Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane

https://www.flickr.com/photos/16520061@N08/18543276278

11/04/16 9am Asian Koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus (pair)

http://indianbirdsphotography.blogspot.com/2013/06/birdphotoindia-asian-koel-pair.html

10/05/16 6pm Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5123/5382875569_e158650711_b.jpg

19/05/16 11am Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7038/6808735686_a93f296052_b.jpg

24/05/16 7am Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

https://www.flickr.com/photos/53222358@N08/12340935563

04/06/16 8am Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

http://sjl.csie.chu.edu.tw/birds/albums/userpics/10001/050226_UY5V6794.jpg

24/07/16 3pm White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7942071@N02/6921643796

30/10/16 9am Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica

http://www.birdfinders.co.uk/images/china-beidaihe/dark-sided-flycatcher-china-beidaihe-2013.png

07/01/17 10am Besra

Accipiter virgatus

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8573367182_fc9634f3cd_z_d.jpg

27/02/17 4pm Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/siberian_rubythroat_female.jpg

02/11/17 7am Sapphire Flycatcher

Ficedula sapphira (female)

http://flickr.com/photos/43886809@N03/31182809786

21/11/17 7am Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis

https://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/Oriental_Turtle-dove_Streptopelia_orientalis.jpg?itok=xClp25hy

20/01/18 7am Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Black_Redstart_bird.jpg

18/03/18 5pm Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/aurelien.audevard/corbeau.a.gros.bec.5.html#espece

16/04/18 7am Shikra

Accipiter badius

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ivijayanand/26054028268/in/photostream/

19/11/15 11am Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/3063263636

03/11/15 9am Pale blue flycatcher Cyornis unicolor 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/49788843@N03/5095470897/

14/11/15 7am Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2441335074/

19/11/15 4pm Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13861029@N00/3100728727

29/11/15 8am Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22022208@N06/6986591279

30/11/15 12am Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22998644@N02/12127085754

08/12/15 3pm Ashy Drongo    Dicrurus leucophaeus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23868780@N00/7211008414

13/12/15 10am Scarlet Minivet (elegans) Pericrocotus speciosus elegans

https://indiasbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/scarlet-minivet-male-2.jpg

25/12/15 7am Eurasian Great Tit Parus major

http://www.naturfotografie-radloff.de/galerie/voegel/kohlmeise-parus-major-1.htm

24/12/15 11am Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/revs45/5344947361/

06/01/16 9am Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/common-chiffchaff-photo-12656.html

29/12/15 10am Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis male

cheluccicarla.blogspot.com

14/01/16 8am Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii

http://www.planetofbirds.com/psittaciformes-psittacidae-grey-headed-parakeet

21/01/16 11am Scaly-breasted Munia  Lonchura punctulata

http://rene.odeide.oiseaux.net/scaly-breasted.munia.1.html

 26/02/16 10am Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

http://www.kolkatabirds.com/south/piedbushchat8si.jpg

19/03/16 8am Eurasian Jay (White-faced) Garrulus glandarius

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/img_5059.jpg

21/02/16 9am Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acridotheres#/media/File:Indian-Mynah444.jpg

26/02/16 9am Vinous-breasted Starling Acridotheres burmannicus

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26931849@N04/2578989541/

05/03/16 11am Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus

http://www.indiabirds.com/content/BirdsGallery.aspx?Bird_SortID=193&CID=1

11/03/16 4pm White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps

http://www.birding2asia.com/photos/ThaiJan14-PER/B2A_White-browedScimitarBabbler_PER.jpg

24/03/16 7am White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis fusca

http://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/45121.jpg

28/03/16 11am Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris

https://www.flickr.com/photos/53222358@N08/11991779935

09/04/16 9am Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae (female)

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8433/7823930804_0257c58308_b.jpg

15/04/16 10am Russet Sparrow

Passer cinnamomeus

http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2104&Bird_Image_ID=61509&p=73

30/04/16 7am Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata (female)

http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/blossom_headed_parakeet_female.jpg

02/05/16 10am Indochinese Cuckooshrike

Lalage polioptera (female)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/104988466@N08/10755097806

18/05/16 8am Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

http://www.fotoik.pl/zdjecia/48234-20110712221532.jpg

25/09/16 9am Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris

http://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/david_blank/Psolaris1/large.jpg

24/01/17 11am Great Iora

Aegithina lafresnayei 

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xpS9E1vGy3M/VtLJIHLGwrI/AAAAAAAAUBs/eQE6fPMiDrg/s1600/ci_m.jpg

21/01/17 9am Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3828/12435645925_1bbb0e47c7_b.jpg

28/05/17 12pm Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata

http://birdingintaiwan.org/gallery/wen-hsin/new%20gallery/Striated%20Swallow.JPG

06/11/17 7am Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike

Lalage melaschistos

https://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/E72E0171.jpg

23/12/17 3pm Gray-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

https://leesbirdblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/37-grey-faced-buzzard-butastur-indicus-by-peter-ericsson-2.jpg

10/02/18 11am Brown Prinia

Prinia polychroa

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/ca/62/3eca62299904e7039be7a543d8fd6073.jpg

11/04/18 5pm Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=254&Bird_Image_ID=33556

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