Friday, June 15, 2012

About megaSIBE

megaSIBE aims to be a resource to help birders identify tricky migrants from the Eastern Palearctic. 

Whilst there are many photos of Asian birds on the internet, it can be sometimes to difficult to find a picture of a particular species in a particular plumage, taken at a particular time of year; megaSIBE aims to address this problem by including photos and links to images of each species in each plumage in every month of the year.

I've started this ambitious project for my own education and interest (and after many frustrating Google searches!) and as I write this I am unsure how exactly it will evolve - so please bare with me and feel free to contact me  (in the comments section below) with any suggestions for improving the site.

Thanks and good birding!

Dave Gandy

Index

Pernis ptilorhynchus                    Oriental Honey-buzzard 
Milvus migrans                             Black Kite 
Milvus lineatus                             Black-eared Kite
Circus spilonotus                          Eastern Marsh Harrier
Circus melanoleucos                     Pied Harrier 
Accipiter soloensis                       Chinese Sparrowhawk
Accipiter gularis                            Japanese Sparrowhawk 
Lophaetus clangus                       Greater Spotted Eagle 
Aquila nipalensis                         Steppe Eagle 
Aquila heliaca                              Eastern Imperial Eagle 
Aquila pennata                             Booted Eagle 
Falco amurensis                            Amur Falcon 
Pluvialis fulva                               Pacific Golden Plover 
Pluvialis squatarola                      Grey Plover 
Charadrius dubius                        Little Ringed Plover 
Charadrius alexandrinus               Kentish Plover 
Charadrius mongolus                    Lesser Sand Plover 
Charadrius leschenaultii               Greater Sand Plover
Gallinago stenura                         Pintail Snipe
Gallinago megala                         Swinhoe's Snipe  
Gallinago gallinago                     Common Snipe 
Limnodromus semipalmatus           Asian Dowitcher
Limosa melanuroides                    Eastern Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica                         Bar-tailed Godwit
Numenius minutus                         Little Whimbrel 
Numenius phaeopus                     Whimbrel 
Numenius arquata                         Eurasian Curlew 
Numenius madagascariensis         Far Eastern Curlew 
Tringa erythropus                          Spotted Redshank
Tringa totanus                              Common Redshank 
Tringa stagnatilis                          Marsh Sandpiper 
Tringa nebularia                           Common Greenshank 
Tringa guttifer                               Nordmann's Greenshank 
Tringa brevipes                             Grey-tailed Tattler 
Xenus cinereus                             Terek Sandpiper 
Arenaria interpres                         Ruddy Turnstone
Calidris tenuirostris                       Great Knot 
Calidris ruficollis                           Red-necked Stint
Calidris temminckii                        Temminck's Stint 
Calidris subminuta                        Long-toed Stint 
Calidris acuminata                        Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea                        Curlew Sandpiper 
Calidris alpina                              Dunlin 
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus             Spoon-billed Sandpiper 
Limicola falcinellus                       Broad-billed Sandpiper 
Glareola maldivarum                     Oriental Pratincole  
Chroicocephalus genei                 Slender-billed Gull 
Chroicocephalus ridibundus         Black-headed Gull 
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus                Pallas's Gull 
Larus crassirostris                         Black-tailed Gull 
Larus mongolicus                          Mongolian Gull
Larus heuglini                              Heuglin's Gull
Gelochelidon nilotica                   Gull-billed Tern 
Thalasseus bengalensis               Lesser Crested Tern
Sternula albifrons                         Little Tern 
Onychoprion anaethetus              Bridled Tern 
Onychoprion fuscatus                   Sooty Tern 
Sterna hirundo                              Common Tern 
Chlidonias hybrida                       Whiskered Tern 
Chlidonias leucopterus                 White-winged Black  Tern 
Stercorarius pomarinus                 Pomarine Jaeger 
Stercorarius parasiticus                Parasitic Jaeger  
Stercorarius longicaudus              Long-tailed Jaeger
Streptopelia orientalis                  Oriental Turtle Dove
Hirundapus caudacutus                White-throated Needletail 
Apus pacificus                              Pacific Swift 
Lanius tigrinus                              Tiger Shrike 
Lanius cristatus                            Brown Shrike
Lanius schach                              Long-tailed Shrike  (migrant races)
Lanius tephronotus                       Grey-backed Shrike
Oriolus chinensis                          Black-naped Oriole
Delichon dasypus                         Asian House Martin 
Cecropis daurica                           Red-rumped Swallow 
Phylloscopus fuscatus                  Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus armandii                  Yellow-streaked Warbler
Phylloscopus schwarzi                 Radde's Warbler
Phylloscopus proregulus              Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus                Yellow-browed Leaf Warbler 
Phylloscopus humei                      Hume's Leaf Warbler 
Phylloscopus borealis                  Arctic Warbler 
Phylloscopus trochiloides             Greenish Warbler 
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus         Two-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus tenellipes               Pale-legged Leaf Warbler 
Phylloscopus coronatus                Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler 
Phylloscopus reguloides              Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus claudiae                 Claudia's Leaf Warbler
Seicercus                                     Plain-tailed Warbler
Seicercus tephrocephalus            Grey-crowned Warbler 
Seicercus valentini                       Bianchi's Warbler 
Seicercus omeiensis                     Martens's Warbler 
Seicercus soror                             AlstrÓ§m's Warbler 
Seicercus poliogenys                   Grey-cheeked Warbler 
Seicercus castaniceps                  Chestnut-crowned Warbler 
Acrocephalus orientalis                Oriental Reed Warbler 
Acrocephalus stentoreus              Clamorous Reed Warbler  
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps             Black-browed Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus concinens               Blunt-winged Warbler 
Acrocephalus tangorum                Manchurian Reed Warbler 
Acrocephalus orinus                     Large-billed Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus agricola                  Paddyfield Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum              Blyth's Reed Warbler
Phragamaticola aedon                  Thick-billed Warbler 
Locustella davidi                          Baikal Bush Warbler
Locustella tacsanowskia              Chinese Bush Warbler 
Locustella luteoventris                 Brown Bush Warbler 
Locustella mandelli                      Russet Bush Warbler 
Locustella lanceolata                   Lanceolated Warbler
Locustella certhiola                      Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Pastor roseus                                Rosy Starling
Geokichla sibirica                         Siberian Thrush 
Zoothera aurea                             White's Thrush
Turdus dissimilis                           Black-breasted Thrush
Turdus cardis                                Japanese Thrush
Turdus boulboul                           Grey-winged Blackbird 
Turdus mandarinus                       Chinese Blackbird
Turdus rubrocanus                        Chestnut Thrush
Turdus feae                                  Grey-sided Thrush 
Turdus obscurus                           Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus atrogularis                         Black-throated Thrush
Turdus ruficollis                            Red-throated Thrush 
Turdus naumanni                          Naumann's Thrush
Turdus eunomus                           Dusky Thrush
Muscicapa ferruginea                   Ferruginous Flycatcher 
Muscicapa sibirica                        Dark-sided Flycatcher 
Muscicapa dauurica                      Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa griseisticta              Grey-streaked Flycatcher
Muscicapa williamsoni                  Brown-streaked Flycatcher 
Cyanoptila cyanomelana              Blue-and-white Flycatcher 
Eumyias thalassinus                     Verditer Flycatcher 
Cyornis brunneatus                       Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher 
Cyornis hainanus                          Hainan Blue Flycatcher 
Cyornis glaucicomans                   Chinese Blue Flycatcher 
Larvivora cyane                            Siberian Blue Robin
Larvivora sibilans                         Rufous-tailed Robin 
Larvivora akahige                         Japanese Robin
Calliope calliope                          Siberian Rubythroat 
Tarsiger cyanurus                         Red-flanked Bluetail 
Tarsiger rufilatus                           Himalayan Bluetail
Ficedula mugimaki                        Mugimaki Flycatcher
Ficedula sordida                           Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Ficedula zanthopygia                   Yellow-rumped Flycatcher 
Ficedula narcissina                      Narcissus Flycatcher
Ficedula elisae                             Green-backed Flycatcher 
Ficedula albicilla                          Taiga Flycatcher 
Phoenicurus frontalis                    Blue-fronted Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus                   Daurian Redstart 
Phoenicurus ochruros                   Black Redstart 
Monticola gularis                         White-throated Rockthrush
Monticola solitarius                      Blue Rockthrush 
Saxicola stejnegeri                      Eastern Stonechat
Motacilla tschutschensis              Eastern Yellow Wagtail 
Motacilla citreola                          Citrine Wagtail 
Motacilla cinerea                          Grey Wagtail 
Motacilla alba                               White Wagtail 
Anthus richardi                             Richard's Pipit 
Anthus godlewskii                        Blyth's Pipit 
Anthus hodgsoni                          Olive-backed Pipit 
Anthus cervinus                            Red-throated Pipit
Anthus roseatus                            Rosy Pipit 
Emberiza lathami                          Crested Bunting
Emberiza tristrami                          Tristram's Bunting 
Emberiza fucata                            Chestnut-eared Bunting 
Emberiza pusilla                           Little Bunting
Emberiza aureola                          Yellow-breasted Bunting
Emberiza rutila                              Chestnut Bunting 
Emberiza spodocephala               Black-faced Bunting 

Oriental Honey-buzzard


Black Kite


Black-eared Kite


Eastern Marsh Harrier


Pied Harrier


Chinese Sparrowhawk


Japanese Sparrowhawk


Greater Spotted Eagle


Steppe Eagle


Eastern Imperial Eagle


Booted Eagle


Amur Falcon


Pacific Golden Plover


Grey Plover


Little Ringed Plover


Kentish Plover


Lesser Sand Plover


Greater Sand Plover


Pintail Snipe


Swinhoe's Snipe


Common Snipe


Asian Dowitcher


Eastern Black-tailed Godwit


Bar-tailed Godwit


Little Whimbrel


Whimbrel


Eurasian Curlew


Far Eastern Curlew


Spotted Redshank


Common Redshank


Marsh Sandpiper


Common Greenshank


Nordmann's Greenshank


Grey-tailed Tattler


Terek Sandpiper


Ruddy Turnstone


Great Knot


Red-necked Stint


Temminck's Stint


Long-toed Stint


Sharp-tailed Sandpiper


Curlew Sandpiper


Dunlin


Spoon-billed Sandpiper


Broad-billed Sandpiper


Oriental Pratincole


Slender-billed Gull


Black-headed Gull


Pallas's Gull


Black-tailed Gull


Mongolian Gull


Heuglin's Gull


Gull-billed Tern


Lesser Crested Tern


Little Tern


Bridled Tern


Sooty Tern


Common Tern


Whiskered Tern


White-winged Black Tern


Pomarine Jaeger


Parasitic Jaeger


Long-tailed Jaeger


Oriental Turtle Dove


White-throated Needletail


Pacific Swift


Tiger Shrike


Brown Shrike


Long-tailed Shrike


Grey-backed Shrike


Black-naped Oriole


Asian House Martin


Red-rumped Swallow


Dusky Warbler


Yellow-streaked Warbler


Thursday, June 14, 2012

Radde's Warbler


Pallas's Leaf Warbler


Yellow-browed Leaf Warbler


Hume's Leaf Warbler


Arctic Warbler


Greenish Warbler


Two-barred Warbler


Pale-legged Leaf Warbler


Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler


Blyth's Leaf Warbler


Claudia's Leaf Warbler


Plain-tailed Warbler


Grey-crowned Warbler


Bianchi's Warbler


Martens's Warbler


AlstrÓ§m's Warbler


Chestnut-crowned Warbler


Oriental Reed Warbler


Clamorous Reed Warbler


Black-browed Reed Warbler


Blunt-winged Warbler


Manchurian Reed Warbler


Large-billed Reed Warbler


Paddyfield Warbler


Blyth's Reed Warbler


Thick-billed Warbler


Baikal Bush Warbler


Chinese Bush Warbler


Brown Bush Warbler


Russet Bush Warbler


Lanceolated Warbler


Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler


Rosy Starling


Siberian Thrush


White's Thrush


Black-breasted Thrush


Japanese Thrush


Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Grey-winged Blackbird


Chinese Blackbird


Chestnut Thrush


Grey-sided Thrush


Eyebrowed Thrush


Black-throated Thrush


Red-throated Thrush


Naumann's Thrush


Dusky Thrush


Ferruginous Flycatcher


Dark-sided Flycatcher


Asian Brown Flycatcher


Grey-streaked Flycatcher


Brown-streaked Flycatcher


Blue-and-white Flycatcher


Verditer Flycatcher


Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher


Hainan Blue Flycatcher


Chinese Blue Flycatcher


Siberian Blue Robin


Rufous-tailed Robin


Japanese Robin


Siberian Rubythroat


Red-flanked Bluetail


Himalayan Bluetail


Mugimaki Flycatcher


Slaty-backed Flycatcher


Yellow-rumped Flycatcher


Narcissus Flycatcher


Green-backed Flycatcher


Taiga Flycatcher


Blue-fronted Redstart


Daurian Redstart


Black Redstart


White-throated Rockthrush


Blue Rockthrush


Siberian Stonechat


Calls of Siberian Stonechat on Xeno Canto here


imm Siberian Stonechat, 7th Oct 2011, Bangkok
imm/female Siberian Stonechat, central Thailand, 28th Dec 2012
imm/female Siberian Stonechat, 31st Dec 2012, Chiang Mai, Thailand
male Siberian Stonechat, central Thailand, 29th Dec 2012







Eastern Yellow Wagtail

This thread on Birdforum discusses this forms of Yellow Wagtail are grouped in "Eastern", which is increasingly regarded as a full species.

Citrine Wagtail


Grey Wagtail


White Wagtail


Richard's Pipit


Blyth's Pipit


Olive-backed Pipit


Pechora Pipit


Red-throated Pipit


Rosy Pipit


Crested Bunting


Tristram's Bunting


Chestnut-eared Bunting


Little Bunting


Yellow-breasted Bunting


Chestnut Bunting


Black-faced Bunting