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    French Harrier

    Ok ! Always learning !
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    French Harrier

    Thanks for your comments. The picture was taken early december. Too late for a Monty, and as "dwatsonbirder" said the primaries are wrong for this hypothesis. The hypothesis of a first winter male Hen Harrier was the first idea of the observer who saw this bird. But, I never saw and I cannot...
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    French Harrier

    I'd like to submit you, this interesting french "Hen harrier" type... IMO, this bird present several traits who can indicate an hybrid origine. Maybe Montagu's X Hen ? Thanks in advance for all your comments. Marc
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    Caspian Gull

    Yes for sure in comparison with Herring Gull ! All this birds were attract our attention but were considered in situ to be Caspian Gull... My post was to consult some more expert gull watcher ! Thanks for your reply !
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    Caspian Gull

    And the last...
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    Caspian Gull

    Hello, What do you think about the pictures of presum Caspian Gull from Hungary from january 2020 ? Some of them seem to be hybrid or untypical one, no ? Marc G
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    Caspian Reed Warbler ? France - October2017

    Others pictures of the same bird...
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    Caspian Reed Warbler ? France - October2017

    What do you think about this bird ? IMO, it's a good candidate for a Caspian Reed Warbler : white tips of primary, and rectrices, pattern...
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    Help for knowing / Iran

    The bill base seem to be pinkish... in RTP, the bill base is yellowish. Why not a Buff-bellied Pipit of japonicus subspecie ?
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    Buzzard Sp- Hortobagy,Hungary June 2014

    I'm not convinced by the LLB identification... Due to the pattern of the tail, with a prominent black terminal band and the black band of trailing edges of the wing, this bird is an adult. And, as I know, LLB of rufinus subspecies don't present this black terminal band (only in the black morph...
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    Carduelis flammea/cabaret ? - Switzerland

    a flammea type for me...
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    Twite in Bulgaria?

    Clearly not a Little Bunting IMO : no rusty tone on the head and mantle, no black stripe on the head... I'm seeing only one tertial, and the pattern of this one fit Corn Bunting, and no other species of bunting...
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    Phoenicurus p. samamisicus - France

    At this adress : http://www.oiseauxdecorse.fr/gal/?q=album/223-oiseauxrougequeueafrontblanc
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    Phoenicurus p. samamisicus - France

    What to you think about this bird from Corsica ? http://www.oiseauxdecorse.fr/gal/?q=...eueafrontblanc No date or other informations about this one... The white seem extend onto primaries, but the white panel seem not realy obvious. So, extreme phoenicurus ? less marked samamisicus ...
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    Buteo sp. (Rough-Legged?) [Switzerland]

    IMO, this bird is a Common Buzzard. He don't present the white line on the front of the wings, typical of the RLB...
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    Yellow wagtail juvenile? Central Europe

    The first is an adult, second a juvenile...
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    Emberiza juvenile, Spain (Yellowhammer or Cirl bunting?)

    The lesser coverts seem to be gray... so I'm in the Cirl Bunting camp !
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    New Zealand - Feb and March

    This duck is from Fox Glacier, on december 2012... More probably a bird with some genes of Mallard ? Thanks for your reply. Marc
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    Black and white Flycatcher - France

    Hello, I'd like to have your opinion on this 2CY Pied Flycatcher (sorry for the bad quality of pictures...). Is it an iberiae or an extreme hypoleuca ? In field, the greater coverts appear completely white. The 3 outer most are of the first generation and worn. The tail is completely black...
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    Pale yellow alula on a warbler, Northern Iraq

    The head pattern, the leg color and the structure are conclusive for WW, IMO. The last picture with the long primary projection, confirming the first criteria...
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    Beach promenade birds, Haifa, Israel, 27th March 2015

    Why not a blackish headed thunbergii ? Like this http://pascale.becue.oiseaux.net/bergeronnette.printaniere.3.html The green spots on the breast seems very pro-thunbergii, better than feldegg type IMO, no ?
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    Hybrid Duck? China

    IMO, 1 Tufted X Pochard... greyish flancs exclude Greater Scaup, orange iris... 2 Pochard X Ferruginous, a typical bird 3 Tufted X Pochard... redish iris is an heritage of Pochard lineage 4 a more difficult bird without open wing and other picture, but due to the apparent pur yellow iris, I...
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    Very pale Gull?!??? NW Italy

    IMO, it's a leucistic 2CY YLG/HG
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