@Tommy Pedersen How can I download the images? I can only seem to save them as web files.

Can we sure this isn't just Eastern Olivaceous? I know the primary projection looks short, as does the tail, and the primary tips are not contrasting, but the tertials look dark, more like EOW. There isn't really a pale panel on the wing but lots of pale fringes and I can see pale tips to the folded secondaries, also pointers for EOW. It's hard to assess the length of P1 as the primary coverts don't look complete - long P1 is a good Sykes's feature. The emarginations on the primaries are not particularly pronounced but appear to fall short of the tips of the secondaries - I'm not completely sure. In Sykes's they should fall inside, in EOW level with them. The eyering looks a little pronounced for Sykes's. Dark alula better for EOW? Can someone else have a look? Paul, was it repeatedly dipping is tail?

@Tommy Pedersen I can post those Starlings on the Ask ID of Indian Birds FB page if you like.

Also lead-grey upper mandible to bill, "braided rope" streaks on neck.

I'm pretty sure the shrike is 1st-winter Turkestan.

Check this out: https://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2004/zr_2004_13_1_Redkin.pdf

A friend of mine suggested forwarding the calls and sonogram to Magnus Robb at Sound Approach (magnus.robb@me.com). He says it looks very much like a YBW until you hear the calls.

Is this actually an Acro? - the tail shape doesn't look right. Could it be Sykes's?

@Tommy Pedersen Yes, I can see those images. The Flameback images are great.

The Starlings are blythii, aren't they? Isn't that a full species according to IOC and Clements?

I was going to comment on this but got sidetracked. Anyway, agree with Mark.

I'd go for Large-billed. Bill is heavy and bulbous with slight hook and dark smudge on lower mandible similar to Arctic. Greyish underparts, dull green upperparts, grey legs.

Agree with Green.