warbler ID form Jeddah (1 Viewer)

Deb Burhinus said:

Does this help?

It appears to me have shallow emarginations to p3 and p4 from this angle - re. the utcs, probably not the best angle to judge them, from the side at eye level or from below is better.

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andyb39 said:

There are emarginations visible, yes. Nothing much on P5 as far as I can see but BRW doesn't always have an emarginated P5 as per Grahame. Is it my imagination, or can we see a tiny P1 sticking out (I think it's missing a primary covert)? Maybe it is a Blyth's Reed after all and its tatty appearance could be due to moult. It definitely has a paler brown iris, which should rule out an Iduna.

I must say the warbler from the 19th also looks good for Blyth's.

I don't know about movements of this species in the western half of the Arabian Peninsula but a few years back my colleagues and I in the UAE discovered that BRW does pass through the UAE in small numbers between mid-August and late September. I think there have been 4-5 sightings this autumn.

Duha, could you send these images to Greg Askew?

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