Thread: Thailand bird photos

^ Then it's a Starling in winter plumage.

A female Koel Bird

Starling

Originally Posted by Warwick

Starling

Sadly getting rare in the UK now. As a kid i used to see clouds of them circling and roosting - fantastic aerial displays but you don't see that much now.

A purple sunbird nesting just ouside my kitchen window.

Photos of the male and female

Another visitor to the garden for someone (Nev?) to identify...

^ Oriental Pied Robin

I don't think it's an oriental magpie robin, Warwick. They have much more white underneath, covering the lower half of their bellies.

Magpie robins (male and female)



I think it is a pied bushchat (below).

Originally Posted by Neverna

I think it is a pied bushchat (below).

I agree. I bow to your superior knowledge

I have never seen one of those before.

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I think I am on safer ground with a White Throated Kingfisher

Originally Posted by Warwick

I agree. I bow to your superior knowledge

I have never seen one of those before.

I haven't seen many but the ones I've seen have all been in or near rice fields.

^ Our garden borders onto rice field. Here is the male again with a better exposure...hard to get detail of black on a sunny day.



Is this the female?

Yes, it looks like a female pied bushchat, Troy. A nice photo of it too.

I saw this Golden Weaver yesterday.

^ Always wondered what these birds were. Seen a few in my garden but never managed to get a photo. I don't see them until they are startled or have an obstructed view.

Thanks for the ident...lots of garden birds around that I would like an I'd on.

You've probably seen quite a few of these around your garden, Troy.

Scaly Breasted Munia.

Originally Posted by Troy

lots of garden birds around that I would like an I'd on.

No problem. Post a few up and I'll see what I know.

I'll try Nev, but not easy for me. That munia above has no detail when I take a shot. In the garden, the dogs scare them away too easily. I have a week to see what I can manage.

Nice pic btw...

I keep trying to get a better picture but this is the best I have managed so far

A lonely Lovebird

^ A nice looking bird. An escaped cage bird?

Originally Posted by Neverna

You've probably seen quite a few of these around your garden, Troy.

Scaly Breasted Munia.

There is a nest with a pair of Scaly Breasted Munia in a native, shrubby tree beside the house. They look a boring brown from a distance but close up they are quite attactive.

When I pointed them out to the gf she told me her grandmother used to like them. It took a moment before I realised that her grandmother liked them to eat.
Isaan. What can one say?