I photographed these two birds in Thailand a couple of weeks ago. They were in Chiang Mai. One looks like a house sparrow, but has a brown mark on the face I'm not familiar with.
I didn't have my long lens, so these are cropped quite a bit. Hopefully good enough for ID.
Your first bird looks to me like a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus).
I am looking into the other bird, the shape looks so familiar, but it's taking a little time to narrow it down.
I have to give up at this point, I need to get some desserts made for tomorrow. I tried. It bothers me that the overall shape seems familiar... maybe Bluebird-ish?? I looked through the list of Taiwan birds on Wikipedia, focusing on the Thrush family, but all that I looked at were clearly different.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Thailand
I had fun trying, though. :)
Thanks much, Chilly. I appreciate the help and have at least a starting point of where to look.
#1 - Tree Sparrow http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/20
#2 - Oriental Magpie-robin http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/826
Resin
Thanks, Resin. The DG links and Photos help a lot.
Forgot to add - your OMR is a female (grey back & head); most of the pics on the BirdFiles page are males (black back & head).
Resin
Ah, I disregarded that bird because of the color. It was driving me nuts.
Ah, thanks. Makes sense. I found what must be a female on a Thailand site. It looks like mine.
