Hi I'm new to this passtime
Can anybody help me with the identification of this bird

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Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I will try and find them. I have "The Birds of the Thai-Malay peninsula" but it's not great.Thanks again.

Got a new one for me.and a shrike.

Rufous treepie

Paddyfield Pipit a new addition to patch list which after a bit of admin now stands at 61 other addition(no photo) flyover by a pair of Oriental Pratincole soaring high in sky.

 

A new one for me.Grey Headed Lapwing. Winter visitor I think

17 hours ago, kgpr said:

Got a new one for me.and a shrike.

 

Burmese Shrike. My nemesis bird! Years of birding in areas where Burmese are common winter visitors and still haven't positively ID'd one! Hundreds of Asian Brown, a few Tiger, but still waiting on a Burmese....

Wow thanks for the information, I wasn't sure which one it was.Another one for my list

Black shouldered kite.Sorry it got over exposed.

Brown shrike.

Plain Backed Sparrow

I have this one down as a common sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper , not Common.  Common has more uniform wing-colour, and a distinctive 'shoulder'.  Also Wood paddles often, whereas Common prefers the edges of the water.

That's great,thanks for your input.

Is this one the same, or common

The picture is not quite clear, but the shoulder effect I mentioned before is distinct, so I would say it's a Common.

Thanks again, I see what you mean about the shoulder.

A couple of Barbets

These two birds I saw today but can't find them in my book

I think the second one is an ashy prinia but not sure if they come this far east

The first one is possibly a rufous winged philentoma

The second picture is the Common Wood-shrike.

Thanks for your help. I considered that but I thought it was too grey and too small.But I am grateful to you, you have more knowledge than me. I have only been doing this for just over a month.T thanks again.

 

11 hours ago, kgpr said:

Thanks for your help. I considered that but I thought it was too grey and too small.But I am grateful to you, you have more knowledge than me. I have only been doing this for just over a month.T thanks again.

 

Your Barbets are a Lineated and a Coppersmith, though I am guessing you knew that already. And a definite yes on the Common Wood-shrike. I am 90 percent sure the one you have as a possible  "rufous winged philentoma" is a juvenile White-rumped Shama. 

Wow that's great.Always happy to have your opinion, nothing beats experience. Some of the birds are very difficult to identify.

Black Baza-New addition to patch list-Bit distant but pic ok for ID

Number 63 on patch list another raptor. Grey-faced Buzzard or to be precise about 20 of them over the house on 6 November.

 

Been a good couple of months for raptors and this Shikra has been hanging around too.

 

 

Help with ID please Chinese Sparrowhawk or Shikra?

8 hours ago, thetefldon said:

Help with ID please Chinese Sparrowhawk or Shikra?

Or Besra? Or Japanese? Accipiters are notoriously hard, and while I saw this pic ID's eslewhere as Jov Shikra and agree that's probably right based on "Grey cheeks" and brown crown and etc., note that Robson has Juv. Shikra with "five  black bands on upper tail." This bird seems to have fewer. Do you have any more pics where the tail can be seen better from the very bottom. I'm curious/dubious. 

9 hours ago, AjarnNorth said:

Or Besra? Or Japanese? Accipiters are notoriously hard, and while I saw this pic ID's eslewhere as Jov Shikra and agree that's probably right based on "Grey cheeks" and brown crown and etc., note that Robson has Juv. Shikra with "five  black bands on upper tail." This bird seems to have fewer. Do you have any more pics where the tail can be seen better from the very bottom. I'm curious/dubious. 

Thanks AjarnNorth. Yes I did post it there and while I am a beginer in the ID stakes(and appreciate all help) I too noted the tail bars, there are 4, which in Robson would point to possible Chinese. A couple more images, these are not processed but do show markings a bit more. Unfortunately while I had a fairly close view of the bird it was mostly side on!