Id on this Bird, Australia in the last few weeks (1 Viewer)

jkyles32

Well-known member

• May 14, 2008

• #1

My friends daughters have just returned from a holiday in Australia. They presented me with a bird photo for ID but to be honest I just don't know. I'd appreciate your assistance.

 

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Jane Turner

Well-known member

• May 14, 2008

• #2

It looks like a Wheatear, which seems unlikely in Australia. Mind you the dwarf furze behind it looks a little non-antipodean too.

Sure they didn't get their photos mixed up. You could easily convince me that this was a Greenland-like northern Wheatear photographed on a west coast headland!

 

martinf

Well-known member

• May 14, 2008

• #3

I think Jane is right with the possible mix up suggestion, as far as I remember, Isabelline Wheatear is on the Oz list. 1 record?

 

Mat & Cathy

Well-known member

• May 15, 2008

• #4

looks like a mix up with country to me.
cheers
mat

 

Bird Hard 2

Cynical Sceptic

• May 15, 2008

• #5

There's only one wheatear record from Oz and that was Isabelline Wheatear from Mt Carbine, QLD, in Nov 2002. The photo is of a Northern Wheatear and was taken in Europe. The flowering gorse in the background identifies the location.