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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 

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21/01/17 9am Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus 

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

11/04/18 5pm Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

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

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