Motacilla flava Iberiae ? (Italy) (1 Viewer)

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davidewup

Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #1

Hi,
Yesterday I photographed this Wagtail in western Sicily, the photo quality is poor, but by what you see should be a Iberiae, confirmed?

http://i.imgur.com/wFyFo7Pl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WzLFNwol.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/B18OO1xl.jpg

Thanks Davide

 

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Barrie Armitt

Barrie Armitt

• Apr 23, 2014

• #2

hi Davide - looks like iberiae to me. Darker shade of grey on head got me thinking but, on balance, within variation for iberiae.

Baz

 

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davidewup

Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #3

Thanx Baz !

barrie1 said:

hi Davide - looks like iberiae to me. Darker shade of grey on head got me thinking but, on balance, within variation for iberiae.

Baz

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Giroud Marc

Well-known member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #4

Impossible to exclude a hybrid flava X cinereocapilla IMO...

 

Richard Prior

Halfway up an Alp

• Apr 23, 2014

• #5

That's a good point Marc is making, such hybrids are not uncommon in E.France and Switzerland, so it's just as,or perhaps more likely to be one of those rather than an Iberian.
Don't you just love those Yellow Wagtails! :C


Richard