Bird ID help please. (1 Viewer)

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LeeDyson88

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• May 31, 2018

• #1

Hi, I'm new to birdwatching and came across this little fellow a few days ago.
Does anybody know what it is?
Photo was taken at the Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal. At around 3,500m altitude.

 

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• May 31, 2018

• #2

stuartelsom said:

Radde's Accentor - nice shot!

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Not sure Radde's Accentor occurs anywhere near Nepal. In any case, it looks like a pipit to me. Rosy Pipit, maybe?

 

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LeeDyson88

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• May 31, 2018

• #3

Thank you sir, Greatly appreciated!

 

Andy Adcock

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• May 31, 2018

• #4

Andrew Whitehouse said:

Not sure Radde's Accentor occurs anywhere near Nepal. In any case, it looks like a pipit to me. Rosy Pipit, maybe?

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That was my instant thought



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Steve Schoech

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• May 31, 2018

• #5

Wouldn't the pipit have a more strongly streaked breast? My first thought was accentor of some type and a bit of searching turned up shots of brown accentors that to my eye match fairly well. e.g., http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/accenteur.brun.html

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• May 31, 2018

• #6

Steve Schoech said:

Wouldn't the pipit have a more strongly streaked breast? My first thought was accentor of some type and a bit of searching turned up shots of brown accentors that to my eye match fairly well. e.g., http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/accenteur.brun.html

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Rosy Pipit in breeding plumage would usually have little or no streaking on the breast.

 

StuartReeves

Local rarity

• May 31, 2018

• #7

Rosy Pipit for me too.