Sardinia July 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Aliks]

Should be easy enough to ID as its a clear shot, but for some reason Merlin cannot ID it - and although Merlin has its problems, usually it comes up with something when the photo is decent.

 

[Bewick]

Spotted flycatcher (med)

 

[THE_FERN]

Agree spotted flycatcher. From the little I understand of its id, there's nothing here to suggest Mediterranean flycatcher

 

[Bewick]

Agree spotted flycatcher. From the little I understand of its id, there's nothing here to suggest Mediterranean flycatcher

I meant that I could be either due to the location- that’s why it’s in brackets and I didn’t just write med flycatcher.

 

[Brian J Small]

This would seem fine to me as nominate Mediterranean Flycatcher (from Corsica and Sardinia). When worn they can become very uniformly coloured above with little pale fringing - almost plain brown at times. In addition the primary projection is very short in comparison with Spotted Fly.

See: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337547494_Identification_of_Mediterranean_Flycatcher

Brian

 

[Butty]

When worn they can become very uniformly coloured above . . . primary projection is very short in comparison with Spotted Fly.

Excellent - explains everything. I had been casting about for (and failing to find) something else that might fit on account of it having only 'normal' length primaries as opposed to spotted flycatcher's usual very-long ones 👍🏻