Valéry Schollaert
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Hi all,
Paddyfield Pipit is abundant around my house in Ormoc, and I see it on a daily basis in all birding activities, including along the shore. I'm therefore very familiar with the local sub-species.
Today, I've heard a unusual call, short, more "abrupt" than Paddyfield Pipit, that I didn't identified at first. The bird was flying from above the see and stopped in front of me, but too far hence the heavily cropped photo.
The bird was "too" thin, like migrants in Middle East after desert crossing when they lost weight and energy reserves and urgently need to feed themselves. This was giving a different shape than normal Paddyfield. However, bill was also very thin and long, tail looked also very long, and back looked much darker and plainer than regular Paddyfield Pipit (taking in account the backlit).
The bird didn't stay and behave like going on migrating. The behaviour is strange enough, AFAIK, Paddyfield Pipit is sedentary here.
I'm not saying this is another species or a rare vagrant. I'm trying to understand, can it be another sub-species of Paddyfield from abroad? Can it be another species I didn't think about? Can we have a local Paddyfield with unusual colour, shape and call, moving from an island to another?
Thanks for any comment about that!
Paddyfield Pipit is abundant around my house in Ormoc, and I see it on a daily basis in all birding activities, including along the shore. I'm therefore very familiar with the local sub-species.
Today, I've heard a unusual call, short, more "abrupt" than Paddyfield Pipit, that I didn't identified at first. The bird was flying from above the see and stopped in front of me, but too far hence the heavily cropped photo.
The bird was "too" thin, like migrants in Middle East after desert crossing when they lost weight and energy reserves and urgently need to feed themselves. This was giving a different shape than normal Paddyfield. However, bill was also very thin and long, tail looked also very long, and back looked much darker and plainer than regular Paddyfield Pipit (taking in account the backlit).
The bird didn't stay and behave like going on migrating. The behaviour is strange enough, AFAIK, Paddyfield Pipit is sedentary here.
I'm not saying this is another species or a rare vagrant. I'm trying to understand, can it be another sub-species of Paddyfield from abroad? Can it be another species I didn't think about? Can we have a local Paddyfield with unusual colour, shape and call, moving from an island to another?
Thanks for any comment about that!