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Mamestra pisi larva.
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Oh sorry to be colourblind, there is a bird also. Miliaria calandra?
Katy Penland
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I'd never dare to question someone outside the US, but that bill sure doesn't say "pipit" to me. Some kind of bunting, finch or sparrow perhaps?
Hi 'Gallus',
I agree with Karwin,this is a Corn Bunting.The bill is clearly too thick for any pipit,and no lark has a head pattern quite like that.No other bunting would be quite as nondescript:the streaked breast,with a tendency for the streaks to coalesce in the centre as in Meadow Pipit,is typical of the species,as is that head pattern.
Harry
I agree with Karwin,this is a Corn Bunting.The bill is clearly too thick for any pipit,and no lark has a head pattern quite like that.No other bunting would be quite as nondescript:the streaked breast,with a tendency for the streaks to coalesce in the centre as in Meadow Pipit,is typical of the species,as is that head pattern.
Harry
Edward woodwood
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Yep Corn Bunt.
the coalescence of spots into a strange blob/patch in the middle of the chest is a good feature
the coalescence of spots into a strange blob/patch in the middle of the chest is a good feature
Rasmus Boegh
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Tim Allwood said:
Agreed on the ID, but, I've seen a few individuals (incl. singing) without that "chest spot", so not always useful. Having said that, it is certainly present in almost all...
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