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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