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Sorry. Not an Asian Glossy Starling.

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Woo Hoo! You got it. @mvecht It is a female Jungle Bush Quail. Shot (with a camera ) in Ranthambhore n November 2019     and here is the male    

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I've always viewed the thread "Where was the picture taken" as an extension of this thread "Name the bird", except that the former had to have a picture of wildlife, not necessary a bird. I think both

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@Galana  looks like a Babbler but I cant find one to match:wub:

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3 hours ago, mvecht said:

looks like a Babbler but I cant find one to match

There is a good reason for that.:ph34r:

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9 hours ago, Galana said:

There is a good reason for that.:ph34r:

 then I will have to go for something totally different. White-whiskered Puffbird?

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2 hours ago, mvecht said:

something totally different. White-whiskered Puffbird?

Well that is certainly different. Sadly it is also the wrong answer.

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So we have little movement. Time for some guidance perhaps?

Galana's Law does not really make it easy if English is your only language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE

 

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23 hours ago, Galana said:

So we have little movement. Time for some guidance perhaps?

Galana's Law does not really make it easy if English is your only language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE

 

 

I enjoyed the musical interlude, but so far no inspiration :blink:

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If in Asia you would see it back to front without a mirror.

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5 hours ago, Galana said:

If in Asia you would see it back to front without a mirror.

Oh my word. Now I remember why I gave up cryptic crosswords :blink:

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Forgive me if I appear largely biased.

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My clues are being ignored. Think of an alternate for large bias. Add Fire.

Better still look at the photo and work out what it is.:P

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Well. Time to explain the clues and announce the bird.

 

The music. "Flame in your heart". Linked to the birds specific latin name 'flammulatus'.

 

On 5/25/2021 at 9:03 AM, Galana said:

If in Asia you would see it back to front without a mirror.

Reverse the two parts of the English name.

 

On 5/25/2021 at 7:16 PM, Galana said:

Forgive me if I appear largely biased.

Megabias.

 

Gottit yet?

It is of course African Shrike-flycatcher. Megabias flammulatus.

Similar birds in Asia are called Flycatcher-shrikes.

 

I honestly did not think this one would defeat you. Seen in Uganda's Bwindi last year.

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23 hours ago, Galana said:

It is of course African Shrike-flycatcher. Megabias flammulatus.

Similar birds in Asia are called Flycatcher-shrikes.

 

Thank you for the coup de grace. Even now, knowing what it is, I cannot recognise it as the same bird illustrated in Stevenson/Fanshawe. :(

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Females of a lot of species can be very tricky.:lol:

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Two suppositions.

I suppose I should go again and I suppose you deserve an easier one.

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@Galana Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) ?

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Sorry.  Not a Black-billed Wood Dove.

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@GalanaOf course it's not, that was a stupid answer, the black line behind the eye and black-spot on the neck, rule out Black-billed Wood Dove or any other Wood Dove, not for the first time I was too hasty with my answer,:rolleyes:  because I just didn't grab the right book, I was on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean, although I did look at North America, just because I had the book to hand, but I needed to head south, and I didn't, but I have now, so I will suggest that it is an Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)?

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4 hours ago, inyathi said:

but I have now, so I will suggest that it is an Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)?

Sadly it is not an Eared Dove either.

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@GalanaIn that case, I will try going north, I'm confident that the genus is correct even if the species wasn't, I will try mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)? 

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8 hours ago, inyathi said:

I will try mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)? 

And you will be correct. Seen on my 'free' days prior to joining "Spirit of Adventure" in San Diego, Ca.

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It is funny, I didn't pick Mourning Dove out of my North American book when I first looked at it, I picked Eared Dove out of one of my South American books and then when I was looking at photos of Eared Dove, I saw photos of Mourning Dove, I thought that could also be it, it's one or the other, I just tried the wrong one first. 

 

How about this one? 

 

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3 hours ago, inyathi said:

How about this one? 

If I mentioned kigezi how would you react?

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2 hours ago, Galana said:

If I mentioned kigezi how would you react?

 

I'd say that's in Uganda and my bird and I, were not in Uganda 

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