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    Another unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    OK, thanks for the help!
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    Another unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    There were a few Black-faced Dacnis in the flock, could it be that?
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    Unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    I think you're right! There are one or two photos on ebird that match this ID pretty closely, though I must say the illustrations in the field guide are pretty useless!
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    Another unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    A small, sharp-billed bird feeding on fruits in the orchard behind Wild Sumaco on July 19th. In company with several species of tanager and Purple Honeycreepers. Reminiscent of the flowerpeckers of south-east Asia. It was seen only briefly.
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    Unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    Shots taken early morning of July 20th this year. The light was poor, but the pictures are OK. The most notable feature was the extremely short tail, so short that I briefly considered an Antpitta. The bird was visiting the moth trap at Wild Sumaco in the very early morning. Other birds present...
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    Papallacta

    I'm planning to go to Guanjo, then San Isidro and Wild Sumaco this July. I see that Papallacta is on the way from Quito to Guanjo, and has Seedsnipe, Jameson's Snipe etc. Is it an easy side trip? Do I need to give half a day or so to this area? Is the best spot the Radio antenna (as ebird...
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    Sylvia in Tuscany, Italy

    Thanks everybody Thanks to all who chimed in. I almost feel relieved that there isn't a consensus as it makes me feel less of an ignoramus! All of the species mentioned in he thread came into my thinking when I first saw the bird, but it seems clear there isn't enough in the pictures to make a...
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    Sylvia in Tuscany, Italy

    Rather nondescript sylvia sp. in a garden near Bagni de Lucca, in Italy. It posed briefly on a branch, but then disappeared never to return. Of the birds within range, the most likely seems to be Spectacled Warbler, but it appears to be altogether too bland....
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    Aquila ID question

    Thanks Carery (and FaroeRagnar) for the correction. Clearly I should pay more attention to structure and less to plumage details!
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    Aquila ID question

    Thanks FaroeRagnar. I was thinking one of the spotted eagles, but I couldn't narrow it down further than that. I attach an additional image of the smaller raptor to show why I think it's a Bonelli's
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    Aquila ID question

    Thanks for the input. Based on the distribution, Golden Eagle is the least likely of the 6 Aquila eagles occurring in India! The three most likely choices are: a dark Tawny, Greater Spotted or Indian Spotted. I'm not familiar with the last of the three, and I haven't seen the others for years...
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    Aquila ID question

    Photographed in Patancheru, Telangana, India. Being mobbed by a (much smaller) Bonelli's Eagle.
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    Gull ID, Luxor, Egypt

    Thanks Lou. Nice definitive answer there! My impression of ‘heaviness’ was very subjective, l know.
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    Gull ID, Luxor, Egypt

    This medium-sized gull was flying up the Nile near Crocodile Island, Luxor on 30 March. At first I though Black-headed Gull, but it seemed a little heavy. I'm thinking Grey-headed Gull, but I'd like another opinion. I'm assuming 1st winter, but in the process of moulting into summer plumage...
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    Sandpiper in The Philippines

    Thanks to all who commented. Description is now with rarities committee...
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    Sandpiper in The Philippines

    On 10 October this year I found a Sandpiper in the rice fields at IRRI in The Philippines. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper are regular but uncommon in The Philippines on passage, but Pectoral Sandpiper are as yet unrecorded from the country. Assuming it was a juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper I only took a...
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