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Id Help - Manas 1 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter mihir
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I too am not sure on how to differentiate between short billed and scarlet. Thanks for your help.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Any more pics of the minivet? Even a bad quality pic from a different angle could help, if we can see more of the wing, and see whether or not it has the characteristic red splodges of Scarlet Minivet.
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
1 Agree
2 I'd lean towards Short-billed, bill seems too small for Scarlet and I think that the black bib would extend further down the breast but it would be better to see the whole wing to be sure.
3 Agree
4 Agree
5 Agree with Hodgson's
2 I'd lean towards Short-billed, bill seems too small for Scarlet and I think that the black bib would extend further down the breast but it would be better to see the whole wing to be sure.
3 Agree
4 Agree
5 Agree with Hodgson's
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
Diagnostic dashes on the wing so Scarlet.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Clear cut Scarlet, as Andy says :t: sometimes it's not the best pic you need for id, but the one that shows what you need to see!
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
If you found some images labeled Short-billed, with isolated spots on the tertials (and inner secondaries?), as can be seen on the OP bird, then AFAIK they must be mislabeled
