Please help me to Id. I wonder it is Black-headed Bunting or Rock bunting.
I captured it in July in mountain near Dizin ski resort in Iran. The elevation was almost 3600 m.
For me, the male looks a lot like a winter male Black-headed Bunting:
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_Image_ID=108058&Bird_ID=1917&Bird_Family_ID=&Location=
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_Image_ID=24445&Bird_ID=1917&Bird_Family_ID=&Location=
Although I don't know why it should look like this on the breeding grounds in July!
For me, the male looks a lot like a winter male Black-headed Bunting:
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_Image_ID=108058&Bird_ID=1917&Bird_Family_ID=&Location=
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_Image_ID=24445&Bird_ID=1917&Bird_Family_ID=&Location=
Although I don't know why it should look like this on the breeding grounds in July!
Abraham, I can't find anything in Collins that even "remotely" at (3600m elevation) resembles the presumed male on the left of this image. We'll have to wait until the experts put their two cents in, although it might be a long time coming?
A species new to science.....surely not. :eek!:
Also stumped. I can't see anything on the Iran checklist resembling it. Do you have any other images, Abraham?
I was doing my thesis fieldwork on Rock Nuthatches there.I Saw these birds by chance and took just two pictures and they flee away. I had my handheld GPS and point it. So, the elevation is correct The Summit is almost 4170 m.