Dollar Bird (the are coloured, but can be quite drab also) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollarbird or (although usually obvious due to their bright plumage) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Roller. Could also be a Pitta, many types pass through Thailand this time of the year - some are quite drab, various thrushes too (some a just passers through so not common). Vented Nuthatch? Common Woodshrike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Woodshrike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashy_Drongo is quite crow like - and both resident and passer by. There are also various crows (I believe the House Crow is extinct in Thailand though) and Magpies (like Black Magpie perhaps).

Have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Thailand

Hi Wolf,No it was none of them,as i said i was no more than 2 mtrs from it,so

very hard to mistake it for anything else,especially as i have seen them before

in Sri Lanka and if i remember correctly i think it was Penang

regards Worgeordie

I saw a single crow perched on a pylon on the canal road very near the 700 year stadium last week. I didn't have my bins or camera but it looked like the all black crows you see in Bangkok. Large billed crow? Definitely a crow though.

Also spotted a couple of Hoopoes in Padad very close to the city which was a first for me in Chiang Mai. Only ever seen these in isan and Prachuap. This was in December. Sorry I have not been on this forum for a few months!

I also cycled over to a 100 plus asian openbill roost on the left hand side of the Maejo road traveling out of Chiang Mai city, about 2 km before you reach Maejo town University junction.

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Well thats defiantly what it was,as i was less than 2 mtrs away from

it when it landed on my garden fence,seen me and flew off,i have seen

them in other paces in SE Asia,is there any other bird around Chiang Mai

that looks anything like the House Crow, I have lived in my house for nearly

25 year so know what birds are around.but i knew this was special as i had

never seen anything like it,around here before.

regards worgeordie

I know exactly how you feel, worgeordie.... defiant (your word!). I was once sitting in the back of a songthaew when we stopped by the traffic lights outside the Rincome Hotel, and there was a European Starling feeding on the grass verge. Nobody would believe me, though they do occur occasionally.

There was a European starling at San khampaeng springs last january

What are those cute little guys with the tuft of feather on the head? Are they piciformes?

Probably red whiskered bulbul. You could say its the distinctive bird of chiang mai city.

What are those cute little guys with the tuft of feather on the head? Are they piciformes?

Give us a bit more information! Piciformes are woodpeckers, and it doesn't sound like that.

Red-whiskered Bulbul? White-vented Mynah? Hoopoe?

That is it alright. Charming little creatures. Often seen flittering around our carpark.

Greater Coucal? (aka Crow Pheasant)

Greater Coucal? (aka Crow Pheasant)

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No ,not those bastards, know them well, the come in our garden and

eat the eggs and young of smaller nesting birds.

regards Worgeordie

This is not a new bird for me but it is an unknown bird. Just took a photo of it circling around the Chang Phueak gate area. I have often seen it. Can anybody identify it? I have been looking in my bird book but they all look the same!

Hoopoe in Padaed 14th Jan.

Asian Openbills, CM Maejo road feb 1st. Well over 100 birds.

This is not a new bird for me but it is an unknown bird. Just took a photo of it circling around the Chang Phueak gate area. I have often seen it. Can anybody identify it? I have been looking in my bird book but they all look the same!

I suppose a Shikra.... but I'm not all that confident/ In the past few days, I've seen a couple like this in Buriram.... and it's the default Accipiter..

This is not a new bird for me but it is an unknown bird. Just took a photo of it circling around the Chang Phueak gate area. I have often seen it. Can anybody identify it? I have been looking in my bird book but they all look the same!

A beneficial raptor feasting on huge rodents which infest the old city.

Could well be a Shikra. I struggle identifying birds of prey. I don't see many and quite often they are high up gliding away from me.

This is not a new bird for me but it is an unknown bird. Just took a photo of it circling around the Chang Phueak gate area. I have often seen it. Can anybody identify it? I have been looking in my bird book but they all look the same!

I suppose a Shikra.... but I'm not all that confident/ In the past few days, I've seen a couple like this in Buriram.... and it's the default Accipiter..

Shikra +1

I saw a single crow today at the back of the 700 year stadium. An uncommon bird in Chiang Mai. Same area where I saw one last year. Possibly a seasonal visitor?