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Recent content by Brian J Small

  1. Brian J Small

    Young Yellow-legged Gulls, Barcelona, Spain today

    Audouin's is probably Spanish and will be just the one code: 'CSPP' (or possible 'GSPP' as slight blurr hinders a little) https://cr-birding.org/colourprojects?tid_3=Audouin%27s+Gull&tid_2=&tid_1=All&tid_4=2742&tid_5=All&field_firstletter_tid=&field_last_letter_tid=&field_countr_tid=All Brian
  2. Brian J Small

    Sao Paulo

    or perhaps Sayaca Tanager...
  3. Brian J Small

    Leucustic long-toed stint?

    Hybrid?
  4. Brian J Small

    Taiti Hills, Kenya

    I would ID shrike as Turkestan
  5. Brian J Small

    Pied Wheatear - Jeddah ?

    Sorry but this is nonsense. As explained it is a Pied
  6. Brian J Small

    Common Whitethroat…icterops?

    Nope, not icterops; looks normal to me ML571757501 - Greater Whitethroat - Macaulay Library - icterops
  7. Brian J Small

    Thinking Pied Wheatear? Paphos this morning

    Given how poor these boc photos are (the bird looks pinky brown), nobody can give any real answer to your question...
  8. Brian J Small

    Thick-Knees in Sri Lanka

    Is it not Indian Thick-knee on Sri Lanka?
  9. Brian J Small

    Kenya Problem birds

    214 is perhaps Croaking Cisticola? and 555 Fischer's Sparrow-lark?
  10. Brian J Small

    Pine Tree ID in New Jersey, USA - 4/21/24

    Check out Pine ID for Cape May, NJ http://capemaywildlife.com/_templates/group_pines.html
  11. Brian J Small

    Some waders in Sri Lanka

    Perhaps of interest is that two subspecies of LRP occur in SL in winter, the migratory nominate dubius and the breeding jerdoni. As yours are juvenile it is hard to tell which, but adult jerdoni when in breeding (or coming in to breeding plumage) can look quite different - I have seen both...
  12. Brian J Small

    Kenya, Pipits & Larks

    I think only two of the old R-naped occur in Kenya - Rufous-naped and Sentinel. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205371662300021X Birds of Africa list the following locations in Kenya for Sentinel - C athi, Nairobi, Nakuru; for Tanzania, Lake Manyara, Arusha
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    Kenya, Pipits & Larks

    1 is Plain-backed 2-6 are African - 5 and 6 fresh so have broad buff-ochre fringes 11-17 are Rufous-naped Lark Many images on eBird for both African and Plain-backed Pipit are incorrect Brian
  14. Brian J Small

    Viduidae

    For those interested, here is a paper by Robert Payne on indigobirds https://ia804601.us.archive.org/13/items/biostor-261507/biostor-261507.pdf Brian
  15. Brian J Small

    Leaf Warblers - Hong Kong

    I would go:- 1 - Two-barred 2 - washed out Pallas's 3 and 4 - Yellow-browed 5 - Pallas's (not yellow enough for Hartert's ino) Brian
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