Jan 27 2011
Lulu’s Tody-tyrant Poecilotriccus luluae VULNERABLE Small, well marked tyrant flycatcher. The most striking feature is the rich chestnut-red hood (except small white throat). Hind neck band is grey/black and remaining upperparts are green, with coverts, tertials and secondaries fringed yellow. Below the hood is a narrow, white breast band, and the remainder of the underparts …
Jan 27 2011
Chestnut-capped Piha Lipaugus weberi ENDANGERED Lipaugus weberi is confined to a small area of forest (c.800 km2) on the northern slope of the Central Andes in Colombia1, where it is known from five locations. The area lies between the Porce and Nechí river valleys, where it is presently known from four localities in the Municipality …
Jan 27 2011
Mishana Tyrannulet Zimmerius villarejoi VULNERABLE Rather non-descript greenish-yellow tyrannulet. Uniform olive upperparts. Most of underparts also olive, but this grades into yellow on the belly and undertail coverts. Wings dull black with faint olive cast and fringed (along with median and greater coverts) with yellow. Similar spp. Differs from sympatric Slender-footed Tyrannulet Z. gracilipes in …
Jan 27 2011
Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush Garrulax konkakinhensis VULNERABLE Garrulax konkakinhensis is known only from Mount Kon Ka Kinh, one of the highest peaks in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It is likely to occur to the north in adjacent Kon Tum province, and could conceivably occur in Laos, because forest habitat within the species’ known altitudinal range extends …
Jan 27 2011
Chapada Flycatcher Suiriri islerorum LEAST CONCERN The Chapada Flycatcher is superficially similar to Campo Suiriri Suiriri suiriri affinis but is readily identified by its vocalisations, especially the distinctive male-female duets, bill size and shape and colour of the tail. The species previously had been confused with Suiriri suiriri affinis, with which it is syntopic at …
Jan 27 2011
Fallas’ Petrel Pterodroma occulta DATA DEFICIENT A new species of petrel has been described, based on specimens collected at sea. The Vanuatu Petrel Pterodroma occulta, is closely related to the White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis but is smaller, with a longer tail and different primary colours. It is presumed to breed in the Banks Islands or …
Jan 27 2011
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae NEAR THREATENED Motacilla samveasnae is known, in the breeding season, from a substantial length of the River Mekong and several of its tributaries in Cambodia, extending upstream from Kampi into southern Laos, and there is a record from the non-breeding season in Thailand. In optimal habitat, linear densities may reach many …
Jan 27 2011
Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis LEAST CONCERN Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis is known from central and northern Luzon and four mountains on Mindanao. Specimens were obtained in the 1960s but were incorrectly identified as Eurasian Woodcock S. rusticola and it was not until birds were sighted and heard in 1993 on Mt Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, …
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