-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Indentification help please (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter gerald762
- Start date
rollingthunder
Well-known member
It is a very contrasty image and i would have plumped for White also the jizz doesn’t look right for Yellow to me but.....
Laurie:t:
Laurie:t:
Alexander Stöhr
Well-known member
I also believe that this is a Yellow Wagtail. Please note the just visible brownish wash to the upperparts (in White Wagtail clear grey without any colour tinge), Also, the narrow straight supercilium set sharply against the all dark ear coverts fits this species.
Many juvenile Yellow Wagtails lack an yellow tone to the undertail-coverts, and some are clear whitish around the vent. But such a contrasting and bright white is still eyecatching. Maybe, that was the reason for the unusual Jizz, Laurie? But I dont know if this is also true for Spanish wagtails.
.
Please compare the attached autumn Yellow Wagtail (Schwetzinger Wiesen/SW-Germany/11.9.2010) with a clear colour tinge to the grey upperparts and a more typical first winter/autumn vent.
Many juvenile Yellow Wagtails lack an yellow tone to the undertail-coverts, and some are clear whitish around the vent. But such a contrasting and bright white is still eyecatching. Maybe, that was the reason for the unusual Jizz, Laurie? But I dont know if this is also true for Spanish wagtails.
.
Please compare the attached autumn Yellow Wagtail (Schwetzinger Wiesen/SW-Germany/11.9.2010) with a clear colour tinge to the grey upperparts and a more typical first winter/autumn vent.
Attachments
Last edited:
