White AND Pied Wagtail? (Eastern France) (1 Viewer)

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 27, 2014

• #1

Any ideas if this strange-looking bird has any yarrellii genes in it, or is it possiby just an atypic alba?

 

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MrBiffa

Well-known member

• Apr 27, 2014

• #2

It's a white wagtail

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 27, 2014

• #3

MrBiffa said:

It's a white wagtail

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it has plenty of dark fathers on the uppertail coverts and mantle - this isn't something that is normal in a pure alba.

 

Samuel Perfect

Well-known member

• Apr 27, 2014

• #4

I agree, not sure which subspecies it is. The mantle colour doesn't look right for White Wag IMO, should be more of a blue-grey.

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Apr 27, 2014

• #5

The combination of dark feathers in the mantle and rump with rather dark and patchy flanks seems to point towards an alba x yarrellii hybrid.

 

Richard Prior

Halfway up an Alp

• Apr 27, 2014

• #6

It reminds me of this bird photographed near Geneva earlier this month - also showing blotches on the mantle and dusky flanks not usual in White Wag.

Richard

 

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