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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Leukerfeld]]'''</div>
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[[Image:Leukerfeld2.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Photo by {{user|Wintibird|Wintibird}}<br />The Hohe Brücke, a reliable place for Wallcreeper]]
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[[Image:Common_Flameback.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Photo by {{user|Dr+Manjeet+Singh|Dr Manjeet Singh}}]]
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==Overview==
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==Identification==
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The Leukerfeld is a part of the valley ground between Leuk and Turtmann in the canton Wallis (or Valais) in southwest [[Switzerland]]. The Leukerfeld and its surroundings (Pfynwald, Felsensteppe, Hohe Brücke, forest fire area above Leuk) is a great place for mediterranean-alpine birding in Switzerland. This site can be combined with [[Leukerbad]] where it's easily possible to see most alpine species.
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Size - 28-30cm (11-12in)<br />
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==Birds==
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Golden mantle and wings, red lower back and rump, white face with two black malar strips and largely black hindneck with white sides of neck together with whitish underparts marked with blackish scales, distinctive. Throat and face tinged rufous or buff. Has three toes. Brown iris.
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The chances to see [[Wallcreeper]] are very good. In the plain you will certainly find [[European Stonechat]], [[Whinchat]], [[Eurasian Wryneck]], [[European Bee-eater]], with some luck [[Eurasian Hoopoe]], [[Western Honey Buzzard]], [[Common Quail]], [[Common Whitethroat]] and maybe migrants like [[Red-throated Pipit]] or [[Greater Short-toed Lark]]. [[Red-footed Falcon]]s often stay here some days in early May. At the Felsensteppe [[Rock Bunting]] is easy, [[Ortolan Bunting]] more difficult. At Hohe Brücke [[Eurasian Crag Martin]] is breeding too.
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====Similar Species====
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Difficult to separate from [[Greater Flameback]] (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of iris and hindneck pattern.
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==Distribution==
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[[Asia]]: found from [[India]] to [[Indochina]]; [[Greater Sundas]]; [[Philippines]].
  
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Revision as of 14:17, 30 June 2016

Featured Article: Common Flameback
Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh

Identification

Size - 28-30cm (11-12in)
Golden mantle and wings, red lower back and rump, white face with two black malar strips and largely black hindneck with white sides of neck together with whitish underparts marked with blackish scales, distinctive. Throat and face tinged rufous or buff. Has three toes. Brown iris.

Similar Species

Difficult to separate from Greater Flameback (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of iris and hindneck pattern.

Distribution

Asia: found from India to Indochina; Greater Sundas; Philippines.

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