Birds of Jordan (1 Viewer)

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Sancho

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• Jul 16, 2008

• #1

A friend photographed these two birds in Jordan recently, and we can't I.D. them. Any help gratefully accepted! Thanks in advance.

 

Last edited: Jul 10, 2010

rockfowl

Mark Andrews

• Jul 16, 2008

• #2

The first pic look like Blackstart's Cercomela melanura
The second image appears to be a juv wheatear sp but the tail appears very black and also rather leggy and as I have no idea what a juv Blackstart looks like, i couldn't rule it out

Found some reference material this morning - 2nd pic does indeed look like a juv Blackstart

 

Last edited: Jul 17, 2008

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Sancho

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• Jul 17, 2008

• #3

rockfowl said:

The first pic look like Blackstart's Cercomela melanura
The second image appears to be a juv wheatear sp but the tail appears very black and also rather leggy and as I have no idea what a juv Blackstart looks like, i couldn't rule it out

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Thanks Rockfowl!:t:

 

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James Lowther

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• Jul 17, 2008

• #4

i also think both pix show blackstarts

 

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Graham Howard Shortt

• Jul 17, 2008

• #5

Agree on adult blackstart for the first - the orangey breast isn't in the books but I also saw it on birds in Jordan and wondered if, like Lammergeier, it was acquired through dust-bathing in the reddish sands of Petra?

Have looked up juv Blackstart for the 2nd as I have never seen one, and the fit of some features is not perfect even though the all black tail seems to suggest ithat's what t must be. But I'm still a little concerned/interested in how Wheatear-like it is.

Graham