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Wich’yanan L.
@jay-shrike.bsky.social
Wildlife enthusiast & tour guide based in #Thailand 🎧 alt. folk/rock
📧 lim.wichyanan@gmail.com

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These cuties are 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘢 munias photographed in #Sulawesi. Pale-headed is confined to #islands between Wallace & Weber Lines. Black-faced extends beyond Weber but doesn't cross Lydekker Line. The widespread Chestnut has a much paler head than populations I'm familiar w/ in the west

#birding #birds
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Citrine Canary-flycatcher, the #endemic Pale-blue Monarch & White-eyed Spangled Drongo (still lumped under Hair-crested by many authorities) are among "sentinel species" of #birdwaves in #Sulawesi

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #Indonesia #wildlifephotography
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Large Blue Flycatcher ♀ on Sunday in Bang Bon, #Bangkok, where twitchers congregated for #Thailand 's 1st White-eared Night Heron, another Near Threatened migrant. This restricted-range 𝘊𝘺𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴 is on its #passage to lowland forest further south.

#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
White-faced Cuckoo Dove, Western Superb Fruit Dove, & Sulawesi Cuckoo Doves (often considered a subspecies of Sultan's Cuckoo Dove) are some of the woodland-dwelling columbids I photographed on #Sulawesi

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #doves #pigeons #naturebeauty #birdwatching #birdphotography
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot (Great Hanging Parrot) ♂, Sulawesi Scops & Sulawesi Masked Owls from my trip last month

As their names suggest, these non-passerines are #endemic to #Sulawesi Region
🦜🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #parrot #owls #Indonesia #cutebirds
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpeckers ♀ & ♂

This diminutive species is one of the two #picids (& the only piciforms) occurring east of #WallaceLine

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #cutebirds #Sulawesi #Indonesia #birds #naturebeauty #camouflage #pygmy #woodpecker #Picidae #Piciformes
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Sulawesi Hornbill (race 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪) & Sulawesi Free-tailed Bat swarm from the southern part of the #island last month

#naturebeauty #wildlifephotography #hornbill #bats #naturephotography #birdphoto #birding #birdwatching #batwatching #ecotourism #limestone #karst #RammangRammang #Sulawesi #Indonesia
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Booted & Greater Spotted Eagles, Richard's Pipit, & a juv. Common Crane (w/ Glossy Ibises in the background) on a productive morning in the ricefields south of #Lamphun provincial town a few days ago

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #bluesky #birdsinflight #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #birds #migration
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Sulawesi Serpent Eagle & Barred Honeybuzzard are the only #endemic #raptors I could get some decent photos of. Also featured here is Rufous-winged Buzzard, a species w/ intriguingly disjunct populations, in a fight w/ the #eagle

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdsofprey #birdphotography #birdsinflight #birding
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Miscellaneous Sulawesi #songbirds
The one-island #endemic Sulphur-vented Whistler & Sulawesi Brown Flycatcher are confined to mountains & lowlands respectively. Sulawesi Babbler & Sulawesi Myna also occur on smaller #islands in Sulawesi Region.

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Campephagidae is one of my favourite #bird families

White-shouldered Triller (1st two photos) is a common urban species between Wallace & Weber Lines.

The #endemic Sulawesi Cicadabird (both sexes photographed here) follows bird waves in a similar fashion to 𝘓𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 #cuckooshrikes I'm familiar with.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
All 3 #flowerpecker species on #Sulawesi are #endemic to #Indonesia, but Crimson-crowned is the only species confined to Sulawesi Island. Yellow-sided also occurs on smaller islands in Sulawesi Region, while Grey-sided ranges north to Talaud, nearly reaching the Philippines

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#Forests in #Sulawesi are inhabited by 2 non-parasitic #cuckoos: the unique Yellow-billed Malkoha & the arboreal Bay Coucal. It's understandable why the malkoha is placed in its own, monotypic genus.

#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #birdsof #Indonesia #endemic
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Other resident montane #warblers from Lompobattang massif, #Sulawesi, are the Mountain Tailorbird, which looks drastically different from taxa W of Wallace Line, & the 2 endemic locustellids; Sulawesi Bush/Grasshopper Warbler & the unique Malia (last 2 photos)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding #birdwatching
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
There are a total of 4 white-eye species on #Sulawesi, 2 of which are #endemic & lack the white eye-rings; Streak-headed White-eye (Sulawesi Heleia) & the restricted-range Black-ringed White-eye. The archetypal Lemon-bellied & Warbling White-eyes are widespread across many #islands

#BirdsSeenIn2025
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
#Sulawesi is the largest island where unrelated, red nectarivores like Myzomela & Crimson Sunbird occur together. Both sexes of Crimson Sunbird look very different from those W of Wallace Line. The pleasantly common Black & Sahul Sunbirds were lifers for me
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #birding
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Sulawesi Myzemela — the most colourful member on #Sulawesi of Meliphagidae, the most speciose family in Australasian Realm. These are subspecies 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 photographed in #Malino several days ago
#pollination #birds #taxonomy #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #BirdsSeenIn2025 #flowers
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The montane, restricted-range Lompobattang Leaf Warblers & Lompobattang Flycatchers are major targets for birders, including myself, visiting south #Sulawesi. Unfortunately, both are threatened by deforestation, w/ the latter classified as #endangered on IUCN Red List

#birdphotography #birdwatching
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
While searching for new bird species for the day list on #OctoberBigDay / #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, this romp of globally threatened Smooth-coated Otters in the canal infested w/ trash & the invasive Blackchin Tilapia was a welcomed distraction

#NaturePhotography #cute #animals #wildlife #animalphoto
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
1st Lesser Yellowlegs for #Thailand from Khok Kham this morning
It was first seen 2 days ago by Seb Higginson who uploaded a photo for #identification on #iNaturalist. Piqued my interest right away!

#vagrant #birdsseenin2025 #birding #birdwatching #NatureBeauty #birdphotography #wildlife #migration
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
At least 25 #mammal species have been identified on #Calidris #birding tour in Peninsular #Malaysia 2025 including the restricted-range Selangor Silvery Langur, White-thighed Surili, Prevost's Squirrel, & a big bull Asian Elephant! 🐒🐿️🐘

#wildlife #mammals #naturebeauty #wildlifephotography #monkeys
September 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The majestic Blyth's Hawk Eagle, Changeable Hawk Eagle, & Rufous-bellied Eagle are among #woodland #eagles seen well on #Calidris #birding tour. But one of the most fascinating moments for me was witnessing a juvenile Black-thighed Falconet #hunting the slightly larger Little Green Pigeon!

#birding
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Grey-and-buff Woodpecker, Lesser Cuckooshrike, Silver-breasted Broadbill, & Fiery Minivet were among nice supporting cast showing well on the last day after enjoying the last major target, Mountain Peacock-Pheasant, on
#Calidris #birding tour

#birdwatching #birdphotography #cutebirds #naturebeauty
September 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM