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red-backed shrike intergrade? Salalah, Oman (1 Viewer)
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Hmmmm...difficult one. It seems not to have a white notch in the wing or much of a white super, which might rule out the karelini form of Turkestan. It may be a Red-backed/Daurian hybrid, which was suggested for the bird in the link below, but your bird is different from that one too - no chestnut tones on the mantle. Also stumped....
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-Ps3Qf/i-LLw8Dks/A
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-Ps3Qf/i-LLw8Dks/A
BirdingRob
Brit abroad
Andy,
if you look very carefully I think you can see some slight chestnut on the mantle. What I have done is darkened the picture. Of course everything else now is too dark but I think chestnut hint to the grey mantle comes out. I am more confident it is a Daurian/red-backed hybrid now!
Rob
if you look very carefully I think you can see some slight chestnut on the mantle. What I have done is darkened the picture. Of course everything else now is too dark but I think chestnut hint to the grey mantle comes out. I am more confident it is a Daurian/red-backed hybrid now!
Rob
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Another possibility is Red-backed x Turkestan Shrike. Here's one suspected individual seen in Saudi;
http://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2014/04/red-backed-x-isabelline-shrike-hybrid.html
and one shot in Kazakhstan:
http://birdsofkazakhstan.com/red-backed-shrike-lanius-collurio/
and several from Qatar:
http://www.qatarbirds.org/list-curiosities.htm
The only problem is the lack of the white notch on the wing in your bird.
http://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2014/04/red-backed-x-isabelline-shrike-hybrid.html
and one shot in Kazakhstan:
http://birdsofkazakhstan.com/red-backed-shrike-lanius-collurio/
and several from Qatar:
http://www.qatarbirds.org/list-curiosities.htm
The only problem is the lack of the white notch on the wing in your bird.
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BirdingRob
Brit abroad
Andy,
You may well be right. It is very similar to number 3 in the Qatar group.
Rob
You may well be right. It is very similar to number 3 in the Qatar group.
Rob
Mark Smiles of the UAE thinks it's similar to this karelini he found in Sila (extreme W coast) in April.
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-FmqX5/i-2TGSZQV
The problem is still that notch. He says he can see a hint of one but I can't.
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-FmqX5/i-2TGSZQV
The problem is still that notch. He says he can see a hint of one but I can't.
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