Ficedula ... hypoleuca vs albicollis ... Your IDea please. 👍 (1 Viewer)

[jbpixels]

I captured this migratory cutie yesterday afternoon close to Starnberg/Bavaria.
Please share your ID knowledge with me. I will upload a third pic to the gallery soon.
Overall a more greyish impression with strong whites. A collared?
Thank you for your support.

 

[Bewick]

Pied flycatcher in my opinion, I believe the collared flycatcher would have a paler rump and also the small patch of white on the it’s wings would be more extensive on a collared.

 

[jbpixels]

Dear Bewick,
thank you for your ID knowledge. I thought of course about Pied too. What do you think of this eBird one. Any similarities vs the more extensive white patch. A valid feature?

 

[Bewick]

Dear Bewick,
thank you for your ID knowledge. I thought of course about Pied too. What do you think of this eBird one. Any similarities?

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Apologies the link is bringing me to the e-bird gallery?

Edit- I understand- those images show much more extensive white patches and also show paler rumps. The first one shows a slightly less extensive wing patch however does have a clearly pale, almost white, rump.

 

[Bewick]

Dear Bewick,
thank you for your ID knowledge. I thought of course about Pied too. What do you think of this eBird one. Any similarities vs the more extensive white patch. A valid feature?

Replying for this photo-

It has the pale rump that you would expect from a collared. Also the white patch on the wing is definitely more extensive then of the one on your bird in that picture.

 

[Harrybongo]

Dear Bewick,
thank you for your ID knowledge. I thought of course about Pied too. What do you think of this eBird one. Any similarities vs the more extensive white patch. A valid feature?

Hi. Sorry to barge in! I think the e-bird image is a Collared.

 

[Bewick]

Hi. Sorry to barge in! I think the e-bird image is a Collared.

It is

 

[jbpixels]

Apologies the link is bringing me to the e-bird gallery?

Edit- I understand- those images show much more extensive white patches and also show paler rumps. The first one shows a slightly less extensive wing patch however does have a clearly pale, almost white, rump.

Thank you for having a look at the eBird gallery and at my copy and paste capture from their gallery.
I believe now, that the tiny white patch on the outer primaries nails the F. hypoleuca id. Thank you.

 

[jbpixels]

Thank you for having a look at the eBird gallery.

 

[Harrybongo]

It is

Hi. Sorry! I'm miles away today! 😂