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Collared or Semi-collared Flycatcher? - Romania (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Cristian Mihai
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lostinjapan
Well-known member
Looks like a Collared Fly, with the big white patch on the forehead..admiring his reflection, and who wouldn't if you looked like that!
Sean
Hiroshima
Sean
Hiroshima
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
The large white patch on the base of the primaries and forehead would suggest Collared.
It's a shame you did'nt get a side view which would have made things a lot easier.
It's a shame you did'nt get a side view which would have made things a lot easier.
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Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
It wasn't a Pied because ,as I said, I saw a white collar for a second, before the bird flew. The only alternative is (but I don't think so) a Semi-collared...
Frenchy
Well-known member
Hi Christian
As Sean and Bob have said, this is a Collared Flycatcher. A Semi-collared should show a smaller white forehead and, importantly, white tips to the median coverts forming a white wingbar above the large white wing patch. I guess you get both species in Romania?
As Sean and Bob have said, this is a Collared Flycatcher. A Semi-collared should show a smaller white forehead and, importantly, white tips to the median coverts forming a white wingbar above the large white wing patch. I guess you get both species in Romania?
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
With a year ago I received (from SOR - a local birding and bird conservation organization) a list with all the bird species found in Romania. I saw for the first time in this list the Semi-collared Flycatcher (Collared and Pied were known for long time as nesting birds in Romania). In my field guides the map for Semi-collared distribution indicate that this species could be found on the right (southern) bank of Danube. Danube river is the southern border for Romania...
Jane Turner
Well-known member
Nice male Collared Fly.
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
Thank you Sean, Bob, Frenchy, and Jane.
Birding in Bazilescu Park is my hobby for more then 20 years and till now my opinion was that Pied and Collared Flycathers could be found there only during the migration (usually in the spring)... I hope that soon, maybe next spring, I will find a nest...
Birding in Bazilescu Park is my hobby for more then 20 years and till now my opinion was that Pied and Collared Flycathers could be found there only during the migration (usually in the spring)... I hope that soon, maybe next spring, I will find a nest...
