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Perhaps not colourful, but quite a few would certainly be exciting for me!

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I fared a little better on today's outing. Such a glorious day that it didn't matter I had to walk almost an hour before seeing anything at all.   #1 - Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrat

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2 days of dull weather and then another corker today so an outing was mandatory.   There have been sightings of Short-eared Owls at a nearby nature reserve, so that seemed like a good bet.

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The coastline here (Baltic Sea / Ostsee) is plentiful in Eiders at this time of year, and the lack of people means they come quite close to the shore.   #19 - Eider - Eiderente - Somateria m

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Bee-eaters are always crowd pleasers and we saw 4 different species. I only managed photos of 3.

 

# 386 - Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Merops philippinus

Goa, India. Nov 2022

 

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

 

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

 

# 387 - Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis

Goa, Nov 2022

 

Green Bee-eater

 

and Maharastra

Green Bee-eater

 

# 388 - Chestnut-headed Bee-eater - Merops leschenaulti

Goa, India - Nov 2022

 

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

 

The one I didn't catch on 'film' was the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

 

We saw quite a few Munias as well. Once again I didn't manage photos of them all.

 

# 389 - White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata

Goa, India. Nov 2022

 

White-rumped Munia

 

 

# 390 - Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Scaly-breasted Munia

 

Scaly-breasted Munia

 

# 391 - Red Avadavat - Amandava amandava

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

female

Red Avadavat f

 

the male was not so confiding

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10 hours ago, Soukous said:

# 389 - White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata

 

Hmm, I have it under Black-throated Munia. What does @Galanasays?

 

Beautiful selection! But what should I post now?! Hmm, maybe I will wait till January and members wil forget about your fantastic shots ^_^!

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39 minutes ago, xelas said:

What does @Galanasays?

 Just like Brer Rabbit. Nuffin! It's a juv of course but if really pressed I would come down on White-rumped due to the buff fringes to the breast feathers.

 

No backsliding. You now have a commitment to @janzinto show all the birds on the TR anyway (like it or not) :Pso get on with it.

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7 hours ago, Galana said:

You now have a commitment to @janzinto show all the birds on the TR anyway (like it or not) :Pso get on with it.

Not all. Just good ones! EBC photos are for BY only :P.

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8 hours ago, xelas said:

Hmm, I have it under Black-throated Munia.

 

I think that may be my fault as I told you it was Black-throated. I checked with Merlin before posting and Merlin said White-rumped.

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9 hours ago, xelas said:

Not all. Just good ones!

Well with Zvezda's skills that is close enough to all. 

 

8 hours ago, Soukous said:

I told you it was Black-throated.

Ah. Good to know that the Apprentice was sold a dummy.

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Woodpeckers in India are plentiful, elusive and confusing. Are they Woodpeckers, Flamebacks or Goldenbacks, and how many different names are there for the same bird?

 

# 392 - Black-rumped Flameback / Lesser Goldenback - Dinopium benghalense

India. Nov 2022

 

Black-rumped Flameback

 

# 393 - Greater Goldenback / Greater Flameback - Chrysocolaptes lucidus

Goa, India. Nov 2022

 

Greater Goldenback / Greater Flameback

 

# 394 - White-bellied Woodpecker - Dryocopus javensis

Karnataka, India. Nov 2022

 

White-bellied Woodpecker

 

White-bellied Woodpecker

 

White-bellied Woodpecker

 

# 395 - Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker - Dendrocopos nanus

Karnataka & Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

 

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

 

 

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30 minutes ago, Soukous said:

how many different names are there for the same bird?

Well I am sure your companion could help out there.:D

A nice selection of whatever they are.

What do you have in store for the next five?

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As December rolls inexorably on I think perhaps it is time to get a move on. So no more sets, just birds in whatever order they come.

 

# 396 - Chestnut-shouldered Petronia / Yellow Throated Sparrow - Gymnoris xanthocollis

Goa, India. Nov 2022

 

Chestnut-shouldered Petronia / Yellow-throated Sparrow

 

Yellow-throated Sparrow / Chestnut-shoulderd Petronia

 

# 397 - Wire-tailed Swallow - Hirundo smithii

Goa, India. Nov 2022

 

Wire-tailed Swallow

 

Wire-tailed Swallow

 

# 398 - Rufous Treepie - Dendrocitta vagabunda

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Rufous Treepie

 

Rufous Treepie

 

# 399 - Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola

Goa. Nov 2022

 

wood-sandpiper

 

Wood Sandpiper

 

# 400 - Indian Golden Oriole - Oriolus (oriolus) kundoo

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Indian Golden Oriole

 

# 401 - Cotton Pygmy Goose - Nettapus coromandelianus

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Cotton Pygmy Goose

 

# 402 - Plain Prinia - Prinia inornata

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Plain Prinia

 

plain-prinia

 

# 403 - Jungle Prinia - Prinia sylvatica

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Jungle Prinia

 

# 404 - Ashy Prinia - Prinia socialis

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

ashy-prinia

 

 # 405 - Common Tailorbird - Orthotomus sutorius

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Common Tailorbird

 

# 406 - Rufous-tailed Lark - Ammomanes phoenicura

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Rufous-tailed Lark

 

Rufous-tailed Lark

 

# 407 - Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Lesser Whitethroat

 

# 408 - Paddyfield Pipit - Anthus rufulus

Goa & Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Paddyfield Pipit

 

# 409 - Blyth's Pipit - Anthus godlewskii

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Blyth's Pipit

 

# 410 - Indian Silverbill - Euodice malabarica

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Indian Silverbill

 

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23 hours ago, Galana said:

Well I am sure your companion could help out there.:D

Recently I have started to use eBird so my names are following them. Adding latin name clears confusion.

 

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12 minutes ago, Soukous said:

As December rolls inexorably on I think perhaps it is time to get a move on.

What, why?! Isn't it that we can post birds until end of January?? 

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23 minutes ago, xelas said:

What, why?! Isn't it that we can post birds until end of January?? 

 

I am sure you are correct, but I hope to be starting my 2023 BY in January. :P

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Time for me to sneak in a few ebc

These are birds I only got a glimpse of and therefore crappy photos

 

# 411 - Asian Fairy Bluebird - Irena puella

Goa. Nov 2022

 

I hope Zvezda got a better picture so you can see what it lookslike

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# 412 - Indian Spot-billed Duck - Anas poecilorhyncha

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

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# 413 - Lesser Sand Plover - Charadrius mongolus

Goa. Nov 2022

 

I was sure I had more / better shots of this bird, but it seems not.

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# 414 - Vigor's Sunbird - Aethopyga (siparaja) vigorsii

Goa. Nov 2022

 

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#415 - Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

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Congratulations of the 4th Century. Well earned after your tribulations.

Some excellent portraits too.

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awesome bird for your golden 400th! your woodpecker shots are gorgeous, unlike mine of the same species. LOL

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We'd been seeing Stonechats and taking pictures of them for a few days, assuming they were the same as our Common Stonechat, but our naturalist kept calling them Siberian Stonechat. 

Eventually we checked, I think it was @xelasactually, and we found that there is indeed a Siberian Stonechat and it has its own Latin name too.

 

# 416 - Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maurus

Goa & Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Siberian Stonechat

 

Siberian Stonechat

 

# 417 - Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinus

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Baya Weaver

 

# 418 - Malabar Lark - Galerida malabarica

Goa. India. Nov 2022

 

Malabar Lark

 

 

Malabar Lark

 

# 419 - Oriental Skylark - Alauda gulgula

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Oriental Skylark

 

# 420 - Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Yellow Wagtail

 

# 421 - Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Grey Wagtail

 

# 422 - Grey-fronted Green Pigeon - Treron (pompadora) affinis

Goa. India. Nov 2022

 

Grey-fronted Green Pigeon

 

# 423 - Chestnut-tailed Starling - Sturnia malabarica

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Chestnut-tailed Starling

 

# 424 - Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Black-winged Stilt

 

# 425 - Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Ruddy Shelduck

 

# 426 - Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Little Ringed Plover

 

Little Ringed Plover

 

# 427 - Lesser Whistling-duck - Dendrocygna javanica

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Lesser Whistling Duck

 

Lesser Whistling Duck

 

# 428 - Purple Swamphen - (name now changed to Grey-headed Swamphen apparently) - Porphyrio poliocephalus ** 

Goa. Nov 2022

 

** latin name updated

 

Purple Swamphen / Grey-headed Swamphen

 

and Maharastra

Grey-headed Swamphen

 

 # 429 - Pied Bushchat - Saxicola caprata

Maharastra, India. Nov 2022

 

Male

Pied Bushchat m

 

female

Pied Bushchat f

 

# 430 - Grey-breasted Prinia - Prinia hodgsonii

Goa. Nov 2022

 

Grey-breasted Prinia

 

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More beautiful additions from India. Great birds and beautiful photos.

I think the Purple Swamphen has been split into a number of Species.

The Grey headed one that you have is now Porphyrio poliocephalus

If you or @xelashave seen a Swamphen in Europe or Africa it will be a different species (Porphyrio porphyrio) so an additional tick:)

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57 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

I think the Purple Swamphen has been split into a number of Species.

The Grey headed one that you have is now Porphyrio poliocephalus

 

Thank you Tony. Noted and Latin name updated. That is the problem with using an old book I guess, each year more species get name changes.

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Congratulations on a magnificent #400. A little late on my part and  you’re so far beyond that number now, that I might as well have waited till you’ve reached the next century! Great collection from India.

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