[metroplex]

Hi guys,

It's an old picture captured in Chengdu city, Southwest of China, November 9th 2006. It just the migration season for Muscicapidae birds, like robins, flycathers, shortwings, thrushes and niltavas.

As the pic shows, the fly plumage of this bird is short and round. As my opinion, it looks like a female white-browed shortwing, but the tail is a liitle long to it. Somebody told me it maybe a White-bellied Redstart.

Can anyone tell me what it is exactly? Any help will be appreciat :)

[lostinjapan]

I'd say there are two possibilities for this bird.

The first is female is White-bellied Redstart and the other is female Blue-fronted Robin.

Based on where you saw it, I think White-bellied Redstart is more likely..though I may well be corrected by those with more knowledge than me.

I don't think it is a White-browed Shortwing, as you say the tail is too long and the bird seems too big for that species.

Do you have any other pictures of this bird? As you really need to see the breast, undertail and leg color to clinch ID.

Anyway, here are some pics that might help clinch the ID

http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/se...ID=&pagesize=1

http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/se...ID=&pagesize=1

http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/se...ID=&pagesize=1

http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/se...ID=&pagesize=1

Sean
Hiroshima

PS Nice pic

[metroplex]

Thanks, I think your opinion is more reasonable :)