Oversight - The pain of accuracy

The price of being accurate is that you will have to revise your knowledge regularly. Take this bird. 

It was IDed as a possible Olive Winged Bulbul.

I have seen Olive Winged Bulbul and it looked similar. Except that I did not ask myself what other birds are similar to the Olive Winged Bulbul. First, an Olive Winged Bulbul was olive (dark yellowish-green. All olives that I have seen are black. Tip: If you ever see an olive fruit on the plant, do NOT eat it. It taste dreadful until it is processed) coloured flight feathers. This bird has a uniform colour of brown. 

The second point was its eyes. It was a strange red. And it lacked the whitish streaks on ear-coverts which the Olive Winged Bulbul has. As you can see, there are no streaks on this bird's head.

So that makes it an Asian Red-Eyed Bulbul, right? Except that the eyes are supposed to be orangy red. But the pictures on the Internet includes Bulbuls that have reddish eyes like the picture above. But I am saved by the lack of Olive flight feathers, right?

At the 8 second mark, you can see the greenish feathers.


Call in the experts? They are divided. R & D? No clear winner. You can check the evidence yourself. 




Special thanks to these sources.

Conclusion? The jury is still out.