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Bird spotting from our terrace in Thitaw Lay House
See below for our regularly updated observations (date and time, English and scientific name, pic source).
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).
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

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

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

23/11/15 4pm Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus

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

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

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

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

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

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

22/01/16 4pm Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula sordida (female)
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/slatybacked_flycatcher_femaled3s_013498.jpg


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

21/03/16 7am Dark-breasted Rosefinch
Procarduelis nipalensis (female)

01/04/16 4pm Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis

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)

23/07/16 8am Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
http://www.lilykumpe.com/wildlife/jq895jdzm8n2k8net7jl451r0v20r9

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

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

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

02/01/17 9am Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

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

23/10/17 12pm Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi

09/11/17 10am Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

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

13/11/15 8am Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis

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

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

14/11/15 7am Black bulbul
Hypsipetes leucocephalus

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

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

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

12/12/15 9am Great Barbet Psilopogon virens

16/12/15 7am House Crow Corvus splendens

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

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

06/01/16 9am Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

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

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

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

09/03/16 2pm Blyth's Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/sultanpuranthusgodlewskii5.jpg


27/03/16 7am Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

29/11/15 8am Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus

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

08/12/15 3pm Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

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

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


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

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

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

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

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)

18/05/16 8am Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

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

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