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Thrush, Italy ? (1 Viewer)

Pavel

Pavel

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ID please this bird photographed two weeks ago in Northern Italy by a friend of mine.
 

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It suspiciously resembles a Black-throated Thrush at a first glance. However, the head does perfectly look like a male Common Blackbird. But what about the rest? I'd suggest a Blackbird with some colouration issue - partial leucism? Another possibility could be a hybrid with Fieldfare? Has there ever been a record of such a combination?
 
CARERY said:
It suspiciously resembles a Black-throated Thrush at a first glance. However, the head does perfectly look like a male Common Blackbird.
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I'm not convinced it's either, or even a thrush at all - looks too small to me, more a largish warbler / robin size? Any potential escaped / feral bulbuls or something like that?
 
Nutcracker said:
I'm not convinced it's either, or even a thrush at all - looks too small to me, more a largish warbler / robin size? Any potential escaped / feral bulbuls or something like that?
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Nutty, I remember at least one occasion where you have proven your botanical skills. Is there any possibility to ID the tree it is perching on? Then we would have an average size of the leaves as a reference...
 
Can the photographer provide any more information regarding size and behaviour? Does look a bit 'off' for Black-throated but I'm struggling to come up with many alternatives.

Phil
 
CARERY said:
Nutty, I remember at least one occasion where you have proven your botanical skills. Is there any possibility to ID the tree it is perching on? Then we would have an average size of the leaves as a reference...
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Looks like one of the North American Crataegus species widely planted as garden shrubs.
 
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