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    Sunbird female id help pls. S Thailand

    This photo was taken near Hat Yai, Songkhla province of Southern Thailand, on the top of a hill - at the stainless steel chedi should anyone be that familiar with the local:) Looking at Robinson, all of the candidates are described as having yellowish bellies, but this appears very white to...
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    Stint maybe? Id help please, Muscat Oman, March 23, 2024

    Help sought please, are these sanderlings or little stints or something else? Photos taken at mouth of the Muscat River, about 100 meters from the ocean on March 23, 2024. The river is almost non-existent at this time. I am leaning towards little stints due to I think the thin and not thick...
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    Western marsh harrier? Id help please, Oman

    Hi, the attached photos were taken on a beach about 60lm east of Muscat on March 26, 2024. I am thinking because of the long, white tail and the broad white patch on the outer primaries that it is a juvenile western marsh harrier. Is that correct or is it something else?:) These are the only two...
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    Pin-tail or common snipe help please. Muscat, Oman, March 26, 2024

    Hi, attached are a series of photos taken around 4:30 pm at the mouth of the Muscat River - which is more like a puddle this time of year. For me, in favour of pin-tail are the head shape, with a roundish head and the peak appearing near the front. Also, though I am unsure if this helps, the...
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    Which Godwit, help please. Muscat, Oman, March 23 2024

    Hi, these photos were taken on a very shallow creek, about 100 meters in from the shoreline, in Muscat, close to the airport. I suspect they are all black-tail fodwits, but i am hoping that I am wrong and one or more are bar-tailed. All comments and suggestions and corrections much appreciated...
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    Saunders's vs Little Tern Id help please, Muscat, Oman, Mar 23, 2024

    Hi, have been reading a bit on the issues in accurately idenifying saunders's and little terns and understand that in non-breeding, non-flying birds it is extremely difficult. But on the basis that not all knowledge is written down, I am risking asking for any help on whether these photos show...
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    Gull ID help please, Iraq, April 2022

    Hi, these photos were taken in April 5, 2022 in Ramadi along the Euphrates north of Baghdad. I have been struggling with them for a bit, clearly, and think they show a 2cy and an adult Armenian gull (there may be more than one of each in these photos) among a group of black-headed gulls. For...
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    Pallid or common swifts? Baghdad, March 2021

    Hi, going through some older, poorer quality photos I would like to ask if it is possible to discern whether these are of pallid or common swifts or possibly showing each. Photos were taken at a hotel in central Baghdad that has a 15 story tower, beside the Tigris River. FWIW, Merlin...
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    Possible Ruddy breasted crake? December in Songkhla, S Thailand

    Hi, I have only this one photo but it is it possible that it, the photo, is of a ruddy breasted crake? No white on neck or wing or rump and darkish bill so I think can exclude waterhen, moorehen and coot. That would only leave ruddy breasted crake I believe. And the white barred undertail...
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    Third and last lousy photo - duck ID help needed, Pokhara, Nepal, Nov 28, 2023

    Hi, attached are the last set of lousy photos in a request for an ID. Perhaps only the middle second one is useful as it almost looks like there must be 2 birds in the 1st and 3rd photos given how long the bird looks in them. The photos were taken in the Phewa Lake wetlands, just outside...
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    More bad photos for ID help, Wader (?) Nepal, Nov 28. 2023

    Hi, the wader (or possibly a duck?) in the attached 2 photos puzzle me. The photos were taken in the Phewa Lake wetlands, just outside Pokhara, Nepal (central Nepal) on Nov 28, 2023. The area is one of rice fields with a few creeks or natural "canals" running through it with some reeds. The...
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    Duck id possible? Pokhara, Nepal, Nov 30, 2023

    This is a very poor photo, but the combination of dark head and back and lighter sides (but not white), and dark rump suggest to me a female or non-adult tufted duck. There appears to be some streaking on the side, which I think supports tufted duck. The rump does not appear to have a mallard...
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    Green-billed Malkoha? Bangkok, Thailand, Oct 29, 2023

    Hi, this bird was photographed in Benjakiti Park in the center of Bangkok on October 29, 2023. It seems to have a very short tail for a Green-billed, only about body length, and I can not discern any white around the "eye-patch" (if there it is very faint compared to what is shown in field...
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    Stint in Central Thailand id help please.

    Hi, these photos were taken on October 28, 2023 on the salt pans in Samut Sakhon. north Gulf of Thailand (and just south of Bangkok). I believe the two stints are both red-necked stints, but as little is also possible I would very much appreciate identification help:) My reason for suggesting...
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    Baird's Sandpiper? Manitoba, Canada, July 29, 2023

    Hi, just continuing to clean up old photos and seek assistance where I can not convince myself:) This set of photos show I think a Baird's Sandpiper. My conclusion is based on its "squashed" or oval structure and colouring. I unfortunately cannot discern its toe structure. Photos were taken at...
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    Small peep help please, Courtney, British Columbia, Canada, Aug 13, 2023

    Hello, assistance sought on the correct identification of these small peeps seen on the Courtney River estuary, Courtney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia at about 4 pm on August 13, 2023. I have titled the photos by which birds I think they are photos of, though in 2 cases I have no real...
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    Sand plover help please. S Thailand, Sept 14, 2023

    Hello, I believe these are all photos of sand plovers, though there is more than one bird. I think the first group of photos show a lesser sand plover, and (hoping) the second group, starting with the plover by the empty construction bag, show a greater sand plover, based on what appear to me...
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    Shorebird ID help please. S Thailand, Aug 14, 2023

    Hi, I am unable to even provide a reasonable guess as to its identity:), the thick, apparently straight and single colour bill coupled with the apparent lack of a supercilium leave me at a loss. No doubt it's ID is quite obvious to those on here, hence my request for assistance:) There were more...
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    Alcid perhaps, ID help please, S. British Columbia coast

    The attached photos were taken on Aug 4, 2023 at about 5pm on the Southern BC coast, about 5 miles north of Lund B.C. (north end of the sunshine coast, on the mainline side of Georgia Straight). I am unable to come even close to an id of a bird that shows an all dark (brown) head and neck and...
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    Willet or ? help please. S. Manitoba, July 28, 2023

    Hello, the attached photo was taken at the beach at St. Ambroise, Southern Manitoba, on July 28, 2023. I was thinking it was either a solitary sandpiper or a willet, due to the colour of the legs being greyish I believe. Unfortunately, it is the only photo of this bird. Due to the spotting on...
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    Wilson's Phalarope? Oak Hammock, S. Manitoba, July 27, 2023

    Hi, are the attached, not very clear, photos possibly showing a juv. Wilson's Phalarope? I was thinking of a Wilson's Phalarope due to the white on the side of the head/face and the pattern of dark and light on the face. However, I was not sure if the bill would be considered thin enough. Photos...
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    peep help please, S Manitoba, July 26, 2023

    These photos, all of the same bird, were taken at Delta Marsh Beach, Southern Manitoba, July 26, 2023. The rufous body colours, faintish breast band and I think a shortish bill suggest to me a Least Sandpiper, but the legs I believe are the wrong colour. The leg colour, rufous body colour...
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    Stilt sandpiper or? Southern Manitoba, July 26, 2023

    Hello, these photos were taken at Delta Marsh Beach in southern Manitoba on July 23, 2023. I think the heavy barring, bill and overall colouring means that it is a stilt sandpiper but this would be a first for me and my id skills, particularly with respect to sandpipers, are not great:) I...
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    Id help please. Sparrow or thrush or something else? Ottawa Ontario, early July, 2023

    Hi, attached are two not very informative photos but perhaps (as too often happens) I am missing a salient detail. I was thinking fox sparrow due to the tail colour and that I think I saw (and perhaps in the first photo can see) a sparrow's beak. Habitat was a city park ravine. Any advice...
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    Id help please, west of Ottawa Ontario, July 1, 2023

    I have struggled with trying to ID this, without any success at all, and hence am requesting help/ideas on what species this bird is. I believe it was the last one staying of a flock of about 15 ot 20 birds that flew onto the spruce (?) tree and then quickly few off. The bill is not that of a...
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