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Doi Inthanon NP - Sunbird species...? (1 Viewer)
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Valéry Schollaert
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In which country please ?
Frank van Drogen
Not so important
I would assume Thailand.
johnallcock
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The second photo shows a bird with a reddish head, which I think should confirm this as Mrs Gould's. From my memory, this was the commonest sunbird when I visited Doi Inthanon.
The other two birds are still in moult and the backlit photos are pretty difficult to ID. I'm not sure about ID for these birds but maybe someone with more experience will comment.
The other two birds are still in moult and the backlit photos are pretty difficult to ID. I'm not sure about ID for these birds but maybe someone with more experience will comment.
Bertus
Well-known member
Tnx John, they were all on the same spot and same time, so then I guess they were all Mrs. Gould's. Tnx again. I found the birdspotting at Doi Inthanon not easy at all, mostly since the road to the summit was almost too steep for our poor Yaris 1,2 l automatic and because the whole place is far too busy with motorbikes, fast pickup's etc. Very noisy, and a poorly maintained campingplace made us leave after two nights already, shame....
The problem at Doi Inthanon is that males of the local race of Green-tailed, ankanensis, have an orange-red breast, although this isn't as extensive as in Mrs. Gould's. I would say that no.1 looks more like Mrs Gould's because of the more extensive scarlet wash on the breast extending onto the nape , whereas I have a feeling that no.3 (a juvenile male?) is Green-tailed because of the yellow throat and breast sides, as well as the broad white tips to the tail feathers visible from underneath. Both species are quite common there and I saw both.
