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Belgian ring ouzel ?? (4 Viewers)

notjes

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pics taken in Belgium yesterday. Somebody can say me if it's a Ring Ouzel or a common blackbird a bit special ?? thanks for your help
 

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I'd go with blackbird too, 1st winter as it has some retained GCs. There doesn't seem to be enough pale fringing on the wing feathers, and the torque isn't well defined enough. Also the primary projection doesn't appear long enough (though it's difficult to see in the pics). It's a doozy and without photos it could have been the one that got away. They're tricksy little buggers blackbirds and I'm sure we've all been worried by some of the more odd plumaged individuals.

Jim
 
One with white upper rear corners to its ear coverts, a couple of years ago near where I live, when seen from behind nearly gave me a Sibe Thrush heart attack!

James
 
In autumn, and to some degree in winter, here on the east coast, we regularly get blackbird with noticable white fringes to the body feathers. I have been reliably informed that this is indicative of birds from the east, although this is not mentioned in Duivendijk's Advanced Bird ID Guide.

Jim
 
Does anyone think there is a possiblity of it being a hybrid?

CB

I did a little googling in pursuit of that earlier. It's a very odd that the crescent marking is in just the right place if the bird is just an albino blackbird, while structurally it isn't a ring ouzel, which makes the suggestion of a hybrid worthy of investigation, IMHO.

Graham
 
Seems to lack the white edging to the wings, and the mottling on the nape of 1st winter Ring Ouzel.

Very convincing lookalike though. :)

Sean
 
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