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    tanzania rapotro

    Southern banded snake-eagle.
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    Long-legged/White-eyed buzzard misidentitication from India in the opus

    Not sure this is the right place to do that but I just came across this picture in the opus: https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/images/a/af/Long-legged_buzzard_2_alok.JPG It’s a juvenile White-eyed buzzard. Thibaut
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    Eur. Reed or Blyth's Reed Warbler ? Ile de Sein - France

    Of course the wing formula is normally established/primarily meant to be used with the wing closed. But it does work with birds in flight to some extent and under the right circumstances. A Blyth’s « frozen » in the same position has the picture I attached to my previous post would show a...
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    Eur. Reed or Blyth's Reed Warbler ? Ile de Sein - France

    Regarding the primary projection I would agree with you although some pictures presented here give a fairly good indication of the length of the PP in my opinion. On the other hand, one picture (cropped and attached to this post) is dead perfect to gauge the wing formula in my view. Compare to...
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    Eur. Reed or Blyth's Reed Warbler ? Ile de Sein - France

    P2 > P5
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    Eur. Reed or Blyth's Reed Warbler ? Ile de Sein - France

    It’s not a Blyth’s, just a Reed warbler.
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    Wheatear sp. - Tagdilt track, Boumalne Dades, Morocco, Sept'24

    « Very strong supercilium suggests Atlas, as does dark centres to primary coverts » The primary coverts are not visible in either images so I take you mean the greater (secondary) coverts? These are dark/blackish in both species and I don’t think there is a significant difference in this...
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    Wheatear sp. - Tagdilt track, Boumalne Dades, Morocco, Sept'24

    Here is an « easy » Seebhom, from the same poster, with upperparts that I would describe as sandy-fulvous: Female Atlas or Northern wheatear? (Atlas, Morocco, Sept24) English not being my first language I reckon my description of the colour/shade may not be the most fitting…yet the upperparts...
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    Wheatear sp. - Tagdilt track, Boumalne Dades, Morocco, Sept'24

    I wasn’t referring to the state of plumage in this instance (but, yes, it may be useful too ☺️ ) but to the general coloring, in particular the back/mantle lacks the typical sandy-fulvous of Seebhom. I’d like to see pics of a definite Seebhom’s sporting this back colour in autumn, not saying...
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    Juvenile Red-Chested Owlet? -- Lomako Yokolala Reserve, D. R. Congo, Sep 18, 2024

    Even better: that’s a Sjöstedt’s owlet.
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    Wheatear sp. - Tagdilt track, Boumalne Dades, Morocco, Sept'24

    Ok, well I would have been interested to see more images and whether or not we confirm a Seebhom’s. Because it would be new to me that the species may show this plumage in Autumn. To my eyes the plumage does not really tick any Seebhom’s boxes: face pattern and upperparts colour are...
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    Oriental Turtle Dove ?

    No, it’s a European turtle dove.
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    Wheatear sp. - Tagdilt track, Boumalne Dades, Morocco, Sept'24

    Would you have any other pics of this bird ? Preferably from a different angle?
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    Tern southern Spain in August (3)

    Indeed the structure suggests a Whiskered tern to me : longish legs, not so long wings/rear-eand but I admit I find this case to be surprisingly not straightforward given that the image provided are not « that bad ». The legs and bill colour also suggest Whiskered tern, along with the...
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    Cisticola seen in August at Tsavo East, in Kenya - video, call and pictures

    Ashy cisticola indeed.
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