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  1. Hannu Varkki

    Identification help with a phoenicurus from Finland

    Thanks for the advice :) So it´s a common redstart, female or juv. After I had posted this thread I found many photos of grayish common redstarts from the net, they just didn´t exist in my Handbook (Svesson-Mullarney-Zetterström). And when you look at photo more precisely, the bird is not so...
  2. Hannu Varkki

    Identification help with a phoenicurus from Finland

    Rosbifs, how can you tell it´s juv?
  3. Hannu Varkki

    Identification help with a phoenicurus from Finland

    Steve - stevecbrum posted his photo of a meadow pipit to my thread, that´s why were talking about pipits... About the id: I now think it´s a common redstart. I still see there are odd gray parts on the bird but on the whole it´s not as gray as a black redstart would be. On the head, wings and...
  4. Hannu Varkki

    Identification help with a phoenicurus from Finland

    Steve, I think it´s a meadow pipit Anthus pratensis. But could you start a new thread with your question ;)
  5. Hannu Varkki

    Identification help with a phoenicurus from Finland

    I was going through my old photos and found this. It´s taken in central Finland, Vaala. My first impression was that it´s a juvenile Phoenicurus phoenicurus. But today I started to wonder the grayish color of the bird. Could it be a Phoenicurus ochruros? That´s rather rare in central Finland...
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