Ronaldo

Birds from a recent (hiking / non-birding) trip to Khao Yai National Park
Total bird list about 95 species in four days. No clear view of Ground Cuckoo and Pheasants for ticking and no sight/hearing of pittas, which is a bit disappointing.
If you want more information on the birding spots, thailandbirding provides good online information, but you can find birds almost anywhere. For more details, you can pm me. If you don't agree with the id, please let me know

Red-wattled Lapwing


Shikra




Great Hornbill


Greater Flameback








Streak-breasted Woodpecker




Moustached Barbet






Chestnut-headed Bee-Eaters




Red-headed Trogon


Green-billed Malkoha


Lesser Coucal (this juvenile was fed by a Rufescent Prinia...)


Mountain Imperial Pigeon




Spotted Dove


Long-tailed Broadbill


Black-naped Oriole


Ashy Woodswallow


Ashy Bulbul




Black-crested Bulbul




Black-headed Bulbul


Puff-throated Bulbul




Stripe-throated Bulbul


Black-winged Cuckooshrike


Asian Fairy Bluebird


Siberian Blue Robin


Siberian (stejneger?) Stonechat


White-rumped Shama


White-throated Rock Thrush




Asian Brown Flycatcher


Red-throated Flycatcher




Red-breasted Flycatcher






Verditer Flycatcher


Hainan Blue Flycatcher


Asian Paradise Flycatcher


Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike




Blue-winged Leafbird






Rosy Minivet


Swinhoe's Minivet




Scarlet Minivet






Grey Wagtail


Yellow-browed Warbler


Ashy Drongo


Crow-billed Drongo


Bronzed Drongo


Spangled Drongo


Greater Racket-tailed Drongo


Great Myna


Common Myna


Common Hill Myna


Chestnut-tailed Starling


Large-billed Crow


Barn Swallow




Puff-throated Babbler


Striped Tit-babbler


White-bellied Erpornis


Fire-breasted Flowerpecker


Black-throated Sunbird


Eurasian Tree Sparrow


[ Last edited by Ronaldo at 15/01/2012 22:25 ]

Ronaldo

I follow this post with some suspicious ids (please help confirm...). Warblers are particular numerous in Khao Yai and hard to distinguish without a bird guide. Just managed a few shots, which may not be sufficient for some ids :-(

Thanks a lot in advance
1- Chinese Leaf Warbler (this one was hanging low in shrubs along a river bank)?


2- Swift ?


3- Blue-and-white Flycatcher female?




4- Sunbird ?




5- Pigeon ?


6- Hawk-Eagle?


7- Warbler?


8- Minivet?


9- Bulbul?


10- Ashy Drongo?


11- Warbler?


12- Ultramarine Flycatcher?


13- Warbler?






14- Warbler?


15- Warbler?




16- Warbler?




17- Warbler?


18- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker female?


19- Arctic Warbler?




20- Red-throated Flycatcher?

CWSO

Nice photos
Thanks for sharing

So

kkoel

Congratulations Abdel for the extensive range of great species in just four days!!   Clearly, it wasn't a non-birdwatching trip though !! XD

Just some suggestions on ID:

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush -> White-throated Rock Thrush
Crow-billed Drongo ---> Ashy Drongo
3. Blue-and-white Flycatcher female --> Asian Brown Flycatcher
7. Warbler --> Blyth's Leaf Warbler
8. Minivet? --> Swinhoe's Minivet... I think
10. Ashy Drongo --> Yes, Ashy Drongo!!
12. Ultramarine Flycatcher --> Verditer Flycatcher (fem)

For the Warblers, I'm very interested in what experts have to say...!! But I suppose in the wintering grounds, the call would be a great great help...!

brendank

The Chestnut-bellied Rock is a White-throated Rock-thrush. Could #7 be fokiensis or assamensis Blyth's leaf warbler? 11 and 17 look like Yellow-browed Warblers. 12 is a Verditer.

Ronaldo

Got confused on the Rock Thrush in my files :-( White-throated it is.
Koel, what makes you think the Crow-billed is actually an Ashy? I agree that the bill is a bit dubious for a Crow-billed, but the tail is clearly much less pointed than Ashy and the general physionomy is not as slender.
For 3 and 12, you gave the other names I was thinking of... So will go with your choice.

kkoel

I haven't seen one for myself, but I thought Crow-billed is black, while your Drongo is actually dark greyish in colour (This Ashy Drongo thing has bothered me quite a while, with subspecies differing so much from leucogenys to those that look almost outright black. Shouldn't they be specifically distinct?).

Importantly as you mentioned, I thought the bill wasn't thickset enough for Crow-billed; also the proportions of your bird are quite slender - Crow-billed has a much bulkier head and even shorter tail.
http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... _Family_ID=&p=2

However as I said I have no experience with Crow-billed - I'm happy to be corrected! ^^

[ Last edited by kkoel at 15/01/2012 23:21 ]

cywong

Really a wonderful trip! Thanks for sharing.