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have a book:
Believe the bird, not the book!
Cheers
Alan
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On 28/07/2009, at 12:48 , Stanley, Mark M wrote:
Bali Trip Report July 2009 - corrected.
Thanks to Frank Hemmings for pointing out a couple of errors in my
report:
It was a Javan Myna not "Bali" Myna I may have seen - the glimpse I got
recalled the Jungle Mynas of Singapore (and definitely not a Bali
Starling!). Also it was a White-headed Munia not a White-rumped Munia -
another cut and paste here.
I looked up the illustration of his suggestion of a Javan Grey-throated
White-eye in HBW and its picture is very similar to the birds I saw at
Bedugul. I definitely would not have picked it from the Field Guide so
thanks for his suggestion here. Following the difficulty I had at the
time with identifying the Javan Whistling Thrush from the illustrations
I will treat the pictures with a more sceptical eye in future. The HBW
illustrations of a more orange breasted race of the Golden Whitler is
also much closer to the mark. Next time I go birding in Asia I may need
to hire some porters to haul the 13-16 volumes of HBW around!
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