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Threesome Birdies Saw this 3 Chestnut-crested Yuhina - Yuhina everettisleeping together during a night walk. Bird,Chestnut-crested yuhina,Malaysia,Sabah,Tawau,Yuhina everetti Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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Saw this 3 Chestnut-crested Yuhina - Yuhina everettisleeping together during a night walk.

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
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    These look like some kind of Tailorbirds - Orthotomus sp.
    https://www.hbw.com/ibc/family/cisticolas-and-allies-cisticolidae     Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
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      The ID I received from another forum is Rufous-crowned babbler - Malacopteron magnum.
      Would you agree to that?       Posted 7 years ago
      1. View Thibaud Aronson's profile
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        Humm I don't have a book for Borneo but it's not M. magnum. The rufous on that species' head is restricted to the cap whereas in your birds it extends to the cheek. Wildflower may be onto something. That graduated tail and the general
        colour scheme fits rufous tailed tailorbird pretty well. The only thing is that tailorbirds have long, thin, straight bills...
        I don't know what forum you asked on, but the experts on birdforum.com are sure to have a definitive answer ro you.         Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
        1. View Albert Kang's profile
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          Thanks, Thibaud for more explanations.
          I'm still waiting for a Birder friend from Borneo for his help with this ID, which was why I still don't update any tentative ID.           Posted 7 years ago
          1. View Albert Kang's profile
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            The latest ID help I got for this birds is Chestnut-crested Yuhina - Yuhina everetti, which is endemic to the island of Borneo. Posted 7 years ago
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    Cute! Posted 7 years ago

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The Chestnut-crested yuhina

The chestnut-crested yuhina is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species has been included in the genus ''Staphida'', along with the chestnut-collared yuhina and the striated yuhina of mainland Asia, and all three have been considered a single species. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

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Uploaded Feb 10, 2018. Captured Jan 25, 2018 21:59.
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  • TG-5
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 18mm