Yesterday, after persuading my mother, she finally brought me to Sime Forest. We started off at Macritchie Reservoir park. Once I entered the forest, I saw what I thought was a greater goldenback.
It may have been a common goldenback-https://birdsrule.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/common-flameback/
To know more on how to differentiate them, go to http://besgroup.talfrynature.com/2008/02/06/flamebacks-duo/
I thought it might be a Greater goldenback because of its eyes. The eye is white with a black dot in it.
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The bird in your pic looks like a Laced Woodpecker. The auricular (patch directly behind the eye) is grey in colour.
The bird is a laced woodpecker. We don’t have greater goldenback in singapore.
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It’s amazing
Saw a picture on a south american bird called the ROYAL FLYCATCHER the male has a feather fan whuch he erects over his forehead when mating and during aggresive encounters and their swift and agile enough to catch dragonflies
i am gonna show this to my friend, guy
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