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Post by Renoir Abrea on Feb 25, 2010 14:22:21 GMT
hi' here are two images of "OBS" from Liangga, Surigao del Sur. the bird however has more shade of aluminum gray. ID Please.   |
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Post by des on Mar 2, 2010 12:38:22 GMT
OBS has white spots on the end of the outer tail feathers and a yellowish face and eyebrow in the female. Metallic winged have longer bills, and Apo and Grey hooded have grey hoods in the female. I suspect your bird is a female Purple-throated sunbird.
Des
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Post by Renoir Abrea on Mar 2, 2010 14:02:34 GMT
hi des' many thanks comment. i reviewed some images of OBS here and yes i noticed the white surface of the outer feathers which is absent in the sunbird from Liangga. here are two more images which would show the outer tail (less white surface) of the same sunbird.   |
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Post by des on Mar 3, 2010 14:20:47 GMT
It is interesting to see that some images show the head to be washed with yellow while others show it grey. The outer tail feathers do show a pale spot, albeit not white.
The bill shape is exactly the same as the male OBS, rather than the strongly decurved bill usual for PTSB.
So I am not entirely sure which species it is, based on these photos.
Des
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Post by Renoir Abrea on Mar 3, 2010 22:22:01 GMT
hi des' thanks for exam of the image for ID. i just hope i could go back to capture more images and observation but that would be in the next six months. i thought there is not much difference except for its grayish color and absence of pale spot....so may be its just some variations of birds coloration.
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