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    (?) Bunting ID

    I've a feeling this bird was actually accepted as the first for Nepal. Dark flanks streaking is a characteristic of juvenile birds but adults have no flanks streaking, or if they do it is diffuse and a pale orange rufous colour. The Nepal bird may be retaining juvenile body plumage (which would...
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    (?) Bunting ID

    Compared to Pallas's this bird has too curved a culmen and too much streaking on the flanks (ad. Pallas's has unstreaked flanks in fact) etc. Spud
  3. L

    (?) Bunting ID

    The apparent tramline coincides in position with a thin grey line on the right side of the bird which is caused by feathering which would normally be invisiblr below the scapulars being exposed. The slightly more prominent nature of the line on the left side is perhaps due to the light hitting...
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    (?) Bunting ID

    Have people forgotten that Reed Bunting ALWAYS has bright rufous lesser coverts irrespective of race, age or sex?. Because a whole row of scapulars are missing far more of the lesser coverts are visible than normal and they all clearly lack the slightest hint of rufous. the pattern of the...
  5. L

    (?) Bunting ID

    Can you expand on that. Spud
  6. L

    (?) Bunting ID

    The bird is missing the central tertial, this is the feather on which the 'bunting wedge' is normally the most prominent. The innermost tertial does show a clear indication of the pattern and the absence on the outermost tertial shouldn't be too consequential. As far as I know the only...
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    (?) Bunting ID

    Once it's aged (note the old brown outermost primary confirming and adult rather than an unusually heavily moulting juv) the combination of grey lesser-coverts, substantial pale/ white in the old outermost tail feather, grey bill and streaked flanks rule everything else out. Some pro-Cirl...
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    (?) Bunting ID

    Rather tricky, I believe this is a moulting adult female Cirl Bunting. Spud
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