warbler ID form Jeddah (1 Viewer)

ammadoux

Registered doux

• Feb 25, 2020

• #1

hello, it migration time and time for those lovely ones to confuse me.

could not manage better shots for the side or for the tail, the tail is rounded.

please help.

 

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KenM

Well-known member

• Feb 25, 2020

• #2

I’m thinking Savi’s Warbler ammadoux.

Cheers

 

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Feb 25, 2020

• #3

To me this looks like Savi's Warbler, but this should be rare in Jeddah according to Porter&Aspinall Birds of the Middle East. A quick browse of the book doesn't show any other good candidate though.

 

ammadoux

Registered doux

• Feb 25, 2020

• #4

that was exactly what i was thinking but some in our local club suggested Eurasian reed, i thought the bill and the face do not go with Acrocephalus scirpaceus, thought of mangrove reed, but when it disappeared the next day, i ruled that out.

and yes the maps do not show it in Jeddah, but it also show that wood warbler does not come and i recorded ti 6 years ago. and many others.

 

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Feb 25, 2020

• #5

This undertail excludes Eurasian Reed Warbler very clearly.

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Feb 25, 2020

• #6

agree on savi's warbler, likely the darker subsp. fusca.

 

ammadoux

Registered doux

• Feb 25, 2020

• #7

thanks everyone. a first for me.