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Described by eBird as "Heard more often than seen" ...
The last time I photographed one was in 2019: flic.kr/p/2hqHvCs
Aymanam, Kottayam, Kerala, India
While I was photographing the Common Waxbills I didn't expect to find the Orange-Cheeked variety as well. This one landed on a piling for some clean frames. Nice to knock out two species in one spot. We'll see what Oahu has to offer in June. Looking forward to exploring a different island with new birds :)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Acanthagenys rufogularis
Meliphagidae
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Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis
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Very much the dry inlands bird, we get them occassionally as vistors.
A Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) feeding on grass seeds in Kimihurura, Kigali, Rwanda.
Yellow cheeked tit, Thailand.
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The main range of this backyard visitor is the Western Ghats and along the associated hills of southern India into parts of the southern Eastern Ghats. These frugivorous birds obtain most of the water they need from the fruit they consume. They do occasionally take winged termites and other insects. The bird in this shot is greedily eyeing a Custard Apple.
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis
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These are a nomad bird for us, and its not often I'd see two in the same year, let alone the same day, let alone together.
Wikipedia: The brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) is a babbler-like bird belonging to the family Alcippeidae found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was formerly called the quaker babbler in India and common nun babbler in Malaya. They forage on trees for insects, sometimes hanging from the branches in a tit-like manner, and visiting flowers for nectar. They are often hard to see in vegetation but they have loud multi-note whistling calls in the morning and afternoon.
The brown-cheeked fulvetta is a resident breeding bird of moist deciduous and evergreen forests particularly in the hills. They are distributed widely in peninsular India, with other populations to the east of the Brahmaputra river and extending into Southeast Asia. in Bangladesh, India and Southeast Asia.
Conservation status: Least Concern
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It's amazing what can be seen in such a short space of time.....
I spent an hour yesterday afternoon just down the road from home where there is a pond surrounded by some trees.
Currently there are some callistemon and mistletoe flowers in bloom and they are attracting a good selection of birds, including this White-cheeked Honeyeater.
A closer look reveals a face full of pollen!!
This bird sat still briefly long enough for this before seeking out more flowers to feed on!!
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Wikipedia: The brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) (or brown-cheeked alcippe as the fulvettas proper are not closely related to this bird), is included in the family Alcippeidae. It was earlier also known as the quaker babbler.
The brown-cheeked fulvetta is a resident breeding bird in Bangladesh, India and Southeast Asia. Its habitat is undergrowth in moist forests and scrub jungle. This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight.
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Conservation status: Least Concern
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