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Unknown songbirds Ontario canada (1 Viewer)
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Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Redstart & (I believe) black-and-white warbler.
The Bird Nuts
Birding Duo
Actually there are some yellowish individuals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white_warbler#/media/File:Black-and-white_Warbler.jpg
tom baxter
Well-known member
It does not look like that but it still looks ok for female black and white in my opinion.
The image birdnut links to shows the buffy colors concentrated on the flank and the side of the head, a different pattern compared to the OP image. It also shows stripes going much further down the flanks than the OP image. Given that there are a number of species with some stripes on the flanks and especially near the front, what makes this a B&W rather than one of the others?
Niels
Niels
tom baxter
Well-known member
It’s a fair question. I’m not 100% sure on it but it looks ok for baww. I don’t think anything else would look quite this white for one thing. Pine is probably the closest other option I can think of and from what I can see from the picture the bill looks too thin and pointy. The suggestion of streaks on the utcs and white under tail feathers is consistent with baww. I admit I didn’t try to rule everything out through extensive analysis but I don’t think it’s BLBW or CMWA and I’m not sure what else should even be considered in my opinion. I just get a BAWW impression. The face pattern looks pretty good albeit not a good picture to show all the details clearly.
