A few for confirmation - Israel (1 Viewer)

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Orvany24

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• Aug 18, 2018

• #1

Photos were taken today.

My ID:

1. Lesser Whitethroat.
2. Willow Warbler.
3. Clamorous Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus).
4. Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus).

Thanks in advance for confirming\correcting.

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KenM

Well-known member

• Aug 18, 2018

• #2

Looks about right although no.2 is a Chiffy on emarginations.

Cheers

 

CARERY

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #3

Are you really counting emarginations on this photo Ken? I wouldn't dare to. Plumagewise it looks like a 1cy Willow to me with so much yellow...

No. 4 is an Acrocephalus yes, but how to be sure it isn't a Marsh Warbler? I would want a better picture.

Agree with the rest.

 

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Orvany24

Well-known member

• Aug 19, 2018

• #4

CARERY said:

Plumagewise it looks like a 1cy Willow to me with so much yellow...

No. 4 is an Acrocephalus yes, but how to be sure it isn't a Marsh Warbler? I would want a better picture.

Agree with the rest.

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#2 - Chiffy should be eliminated since they're not due here til late fall\early winter.


#4 - the bird was conspicuously larger than a Marsh Warbler, which I understand to be the size of a Reed warbler.

Based on size and feathers tone, I would assume that another possible candidate other than Clamorous would be the Basra Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis), but short PP makes me lean towards Clamorous.

The latter is also rather common here while the former is a rare migrator.

 

Mark Lew1s

My real name is Mark Lewis

• Aug 19, 2018

• #5

Agree that 2 is willow.

 

Hotspur

James Spencer

• Aug 20, 2018

• #6

#1 can’t be a Lesser Whitethroat with a pink eye-ring. I guess it’s a female Sard but tbh not fully sure on other eastern Sylvia’s such as Rüppells or Menetries.

 

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Orvany24

Well-known member

• Aug 20, 2018

• #7

Orvany24 said:

#4 - the bird was conspicuously larger than a Marsh Warbler, which I understand to be the size of a Reed warbler.

Based on size and feathers tone, I would assume that another possible candidate other than Clamorous would be the Basra Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis), but short PP makes me lean towards Clamorous.

The latter is also rather common here while the former is a rare migrator.

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In this comment above I was actually referring to bird #3, which I thought was the subject of Carery's reply. Sorry about this mix-up.

 

CARERY

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• Aug 20, 2018

• #8

Hotspur said:

#1 can’t be a Lesser Whitethroat with a pink eye-ring. I guess it’s a female Sard but tbh not fully sure on other eastern Sylvia’s such as Rüppells or Menetries.

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Your eye is better than mine. Those eye ring shoukd of course exclude Lesser Whitethroat. Not sure what it is then...

 

Tib78

Well-known member

• Aug 20, 2018

• #9

Sardinian warbler is correct.

#3 looks more like a Great Reed warbler based on wing structure but the picture is not really ideal...