Da lat - Vietnam

Da Lat - Vietnam

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Species # 1116

Da Lat - Vietnam

A red-browed finch, Neochmia temporalis, standing on pigeon grass, Setaria sp. on which it was feeding. Pigeon grass is an introduced plant and has become a weed in parts of Australia.

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Alcippe vinipectus

Taken deep in the rainforest on a very rainy day, after climbing a slippery and muddy slope.

Species # 1104

Ngoc Linh - Vietnam

Wikipedia: The rufous-browed flycatcher (Anthipes solitaris) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was formerly placed in the genus Ficedula.

Conservation status: Least Concern

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This species is fairly widespread in montane Andean cloud forest from Venezuela to Peru. Hacienda El Bosque, Colombia

Snowy browed flycatcher, Thailand.

Chopta - Uttarakhand - India

Red-browed Finch snacking on grass seeds. I had to crawl on my stomach ever so slowly towards this little guy and was able to get reasonably close enough to get this shot.

Taken at the end of day...

Cerro Lodge - Tárcoles

Costa Rica

Albatros de Ceja Negra, Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris.

IUCN: Near Threatened (NT)

Lengua de Vaca

Región de Coquimbo

Chile

Picapau dourado

at dawn in Enonkishu Conservancy in the Greater Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya

Although coucals are related to cuckoos they are not brood parasites.

These mid sized birds are no easy subjects as they move around in bushes and thickets all the time. Early in the morning is the best time in my experience.

Centropus superciliosus

Wenkbrauwspoorkoekoek

Coucal à sourcils blancs

Weißbrauenkuckuck

Cucal cejiblanco

Cucal cigliabianche

Cucal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas

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Seen in forest regions of Southern India.

Thank you ANUJ , for the ID of the bird.

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A white-browed coucal (Centropus superciliosus) at Lake Manyara National Park,Tanzania

The white-browed coucal or lark-heeled cuckoo (Centropus superciliosus), is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa. The white-browed coucal is a medium-sized species growing to 36 to 42 cm in length. The sexes are similar, adults having a blackish crown and nape, a white supercilium, rufous-brown back, chestnut wings, blackish rump and black tail, glossed with green, with a white tip.

Tanzania, Arusha National Park

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(Thalassarche melanophrys). The black-browed albatross is a medium-sized albatross, with a 200 to 240 cm (79–94 in) wingspan. It can have a natural lifespan of over 70 years. This image was taken on The Falkland Islands.

North Carolina

Thank you ANUJ for the ID of the bird

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Adimali, Idukki District, Kerala

Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

Thalassarche melanophris

Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

This Albatross is believed to have lived in Europe since 2014, when he is likely to have been blown off course and left unable to return to his breeding grounds in the South Atlantic. It has now spent at least part of its summer amongst the Bempton Gannet colony on 4 occasions first visting in 2017.

Yellow-browed Warbler. (1766)

Red-browed Finches are extremely social birds, and they often hang out in flocks of usually up to 10. Non-breeding birds help raise chicks from other broods.

Albert, the now famous Black browed Albatross at Bempton CLiffs RSPB

Albatros de Ceja Negra, Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris.

IUCN: Near Threatened (NT)

Quintero

Región de Valparaíso

Chile

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Small, brightly-colored leaf warbler. Yellowish green above and pale below, with bright yellow brow stripes, a pale crown stripe, and a bicolored bill (dark above, orange below). Has two wingbars, of which upper can be quite pale or absent. Note white undertail and distinct behavior of flicking both wings at the same time (Blyth’s, Claudia’s, and Hartert’s leaf warblers flick their wings alternatingly). More extensively yellow and with a stronger, more contrasting head pattern than Blyth’s and Emei leaf warblers, and lacks the bright rump patch of “Pallas’s-type” leaf warblers. Closely related Kloss’s Leaf Warbler is extremely similar; look for Davison’s brighter and more extensively white undertail coverts. Breeds in deciduous broadleaved and mixed hill and montane forest; descends into forested foothills in the non-breeding season. Song is short and sweet: “wih-chew-chee wih-chew-chee-wih”. Calls are high and liquid-sounding: “chew-wee” or “wit-chew-wee”. (eBird)

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We saw these little warblers quite frequently, flitting rapidly through the trees. This one was chasing insects in the more inaccessible sections of the trees, but came out to give us a quick once-over before resuming the hunt.

Thanks to Daren who alerted me to the fact that I had mis-ID'd this warbler. I used Merlin Photo ID and compared my other photos with those from eBird to realize that this was not a Hume's Warbler, but a Davison's Leaf Warbler.

Here's a link to our Thailand bird trip list: ebird.org/tripreport/328567

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand. February 2025.

Rockjumper Birding Tours.

Bempton Cliff, East Yorkshire

Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Blue-grey gnatcatcher, taken at the NC Arboretum in Asheville.

Bempton, Yorkshire

The highlight of my birdwatching year was our spring break in Yorkshire to catch up with this visitor from the South Atlantic that returned to Bempton on 30 March 2022 and was resident on and off until the start of August. Without question, my Bird of the Year and I really hope it has escaped the dreadful Avian Flu that has ravaged our seabirds this year.

I hope 2023 will bring respite to the birds and our wildlife in general as well as those people still suffering from barbarous aggression. May your own New Year be filled with peace, prosperity and wonderful photographs. As always your comments throughout the year have been much appreciated. Happy 2023!

A selection of my favourite images from 2022 can be seen in my Best of 2022 album

Another little visitor the backyard.

Rufous-browed Flycatcher - Bi Doup Nui Ba National Park--Dak Ho,

Lam Dong, Vietnam

Bird Species (# 669) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/554183531

Another shot from Bempton Cliffs showing Black-browed Albatross being chased off by Herring Gull.

Species: Thalassarche melanophris.

Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire, UK.

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Bempton, Yorkshire - possibly my favourite shot of this bird. - I feel it conveys the scale better than my closer shots.

Thalassarche melanophris

Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

A rare vagrant stranded from its home in the southern hemisphere, now moved on to its wintering quarters.

Bellambi Lagoon, NSW, Australi

Red-browed Finch, Neochmia temporalis

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They were hunting in the damp grass for the small black wattle seeds that the trees had so bountifully produced.