Warbler 2 - Cyprus (2 Viewers)

[DoghouseRiley]

Hi All

Not sure about this. Immediate though was Lesser Whitethroat but the breast is buffish/grey. The eye is brown. So I looked elsewhere.....

I think it is a female Sardinian Warbler. Brownish eye, lower bill is grey.

Thanks, Gareth

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Looks okay for Lesser Whitethroat. The eye colour isn't a problem.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Looks okay for Lesser Whitethroat. The eye colour isn't a problem.

Thanks for that Andrew

 

[Butty]

Note dark ear-coverts and dark legs.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Note dark ear-coverts and dark legs.

I am hoping the dark legs are nmot deal breaker because my one has pink legs when you zoom right into it.

I have had a closer look at female Sardinian Warbler's and unlike Collins, most pictures show a more subdued red eye, similar to the male.

 

[Butty]

Note . . . dark legs

I'm still noting them - or it - the one that's visible here. No pink.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

I'm still noting them - or it - the one that's visible here. No pink.

It really is pink

 

[Butty]

It really is pink

That's the branch.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

That's the branch.

The branch at the back is dark, the one at the front curves away. You can clearly see the it's the leg. You can even see the bend in the leg.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

That's the branch.

Just saw a Common Whitethroat with no white ring round it's eye, but pale legs. Common Whitethroat | Wildlife Insight

So could it be a Common Whitethroat? Though I think the bill is the wrong colour.

 

[Bewick]

It really is pink

It's black not pink, it is a lesser whitethroat as Butty said. You can see both legs in the picture, the leg further back is clearly black and the one at the forefront is also black, though it does look slightly coloured because of the lighting.

Edit- Also no sign of a red/subdued red eyering that you would expect on a female Sardinian warbler. Female Sardinian warblers do not show darker ear-coverts.

 

[Andy Adcock]

I am hoping the dark legs are nmot deal breaker because my one has pink legs when you zoom right into it.

I have had a closer look at female Sardinian Warbler's and unlike Collins, most pictures show a more subdued red eye, similar to the male.

Not the best shot but a Female Sard which is extremely common on the Island and yours is not one.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Not the best shot but a Female Sard which is extremely common on the Island and yours is not one.

Thanks Andy

 

[kuzeycem]

Just saw a Common Whitethroat with no white ring round it's eye, but pale legs. Common Whitethroat | Wildlife Insight

So could it be a Common Whitethroat? Though I think the bill is the wrong colour.

It's a Spectacled Warbler (but this has nothing to do with the eye-ring)

 

[jogresh]

It's a Spectacled Warbler (but this has nothing to do with the eye-ring)

The OP is a Lesser Whitethroat, the weblink is to a Common Whitethroat.

 

[Andy Adcock]

It's a Spectacled Warbler (but this has nothing to do with the eye-ring)

The bird in post #10?

 

[Richard Prior]

Should this thread be called Sylvia totalconfusionis?

 

[pianoman]

The OP (ie post #1) has a rather diffuse eye mask to me and the throat is also less distinctly bordered than I'd normally expect from a Lesser. Also get a rufous look to the wing/mantle area so far as we can see it. So I can see the confusion with Common. But it could all be accounted for by the lighting, so on balance, Lesser for me too.

 

[kuzeycem]

I was talking about the weblink (post #10) but I didn't notice it was taken in the UK. If it is a CW it has an awfully short primary projection.
The OP bird is definitely a Lesser Whitethroat.
Sorry about the confusion (and my hasty judgement on the weblink bird)