Brown woodland warbler (1 Viewer)

[ammadoux]

Hello all.

got his shot back in March 2022 in Shaffa mountain, a friend in a local birding club told me it could be the brown woodland warbler, i thought it just a chiffchaff with more warm plumage, what do you think.

yesterday i uploaded a clear shot of the Brown woodland wabler.

Brown woodland warbler

not quite sure if this is a lifer, i have posted a shot for one before, i think March 2022 but not 100% sure of the ID, here those yellow green fringes in flight and tail feathers, are showing very well, so i will consider it lifer No5. this...

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thanks in advanced

 

[Butty]

Could you give the location, including country and region, with all your photos, please? Thanks.

 

[kuzeycem]

I don't have much knowledge on BWW but I feel like I can safely say this isn't one. BWW shows much warmer brown upperparts very strongly contrasting bright green edges to wing feathers, as well as a more striking face pattern and pale lower mandible. Your bird should be a Common Chiffchaff.

 

[ammadoux]

Could you give the location, including country and region, with all your photos, please? Thanks.

Hello, this is form Shaffa, near Taif, Saudi Arabia.

 

[Butty]

Thus in the mountains of SW Saudi Arabia. Thank you.

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

I don't have much knowledge on BWW but I feel like I can safely say this isn't one. BWW shows much warmer brown upperparts very strongly contrasting bright green edges to wing feathers, as well as a more striking face pattern and pale lower mandible. Your bird should be a Common Chiffchaff.

Surely not a Common Chiffchaff at this location in early August. The combination of bright yellow-green fringes to wings and tail contrasting with brown upperparts + rather uniform dirty underparts look good for Brown Woodland Warbler, as does structure; rather compact; 'neckless' and short-tailed. Bill colour/pattern is fine as are rather blue-grey legs.

https://ebird.org/species/brwwar1?siteLanguage=en_GB

Grahame

 

[ammadoux]

Surely not a Common Chiffchaff at this location in early August. The combination of bright yellow-green fringes to wings and tail contrasting with brown upperparts + rather uniform dirty underparts look good for Brown Woodland Warbler, as does structure; rather compact; 'neckless' and short-tailed. Bill colour/pattern is fine as are rather blue-grey legs.

https://ebird.org/species/brwwar1?siteLanguage=en_GB

Grahame

Graham there are two the one in the link which was taken on March 2022 and that what i am asking about.

this one.

common chiffchaff

Eidit: this is a common chiffchaff, not brown woodland warbler. another lifer form that beautiful spot were i got the Arabian sunbird , wheatear, and warbler. hope you like it.

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[Grahame Walbridge]

Graham there are two the one in the link which was taken on March 2022 and that what i am asking about.

this one.

common chiffchaff

Eidit: this is a common chiffchaff, not brown woodland warbler. another lifer form that beautiful spot were i got the Arabian sunbird , wheatear, and warbler. hope you like it.

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OK, silly me and apologies to kuzeycem who obviously read your post correctly!

The March bird is clearly a Common Chiffchaff.

In future, I should refrain from posting while watching the football!

Grahame

 

[ammadoux]

OK, silly me and apologies to kuzeycem who obviously read your post correctly!

The March bird is clearly a Common Chiffchaff.

In future, I should refrain from posting while watching the football!

Grahame

don't worry, thanks everyone, i will correct it.

 

[andyb39]

I made the same mistake as Grahame and I'm not watching the football!