Bird Identification: Southern Black Flycatcher vs Fork-tailed Drongo

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Puff Addy
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Re: Bird Identification

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Have I opened mouth and inserted foot again? :-?

Maybe with regard to the eyes, but I don't think I have as regards the final ID. :-)


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Re: Bird Identification

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Puff Addy wrote:Have I opened mouth and inserted foot again?
Nope. I only posted the three species together for comparison in the hope that they would help others.

The eye colour on the Square-tailed Drongo is red Toks. Here is a lightened, close up version of the pic....

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I must have hit the auto red-eye reduction button on my editing suite. =O: O**

This pic taken a few minutes later when the bird had dried out and sorted it's feathers out show the eye colour better and also the forked tail with shallower notch than Fork-tailed. (I used the first pic as it was in a similar posture as the other two).

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Re: Bird Identification

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So is the birder community happy now with mine labelled as SBF lol ?


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