subspecies Blue Rockthrush | may 2018 | Wajima, Japan > ssp philippensis
After plenty of red-bellied/red-breasted philippensis Blue Rockthrush in Japan, on 25 may last year I came across this male Blue Rockthrush that appeared all blue. It was foraging on the Wajima seaboard in Western Japan.
According to Brazil pandoo is rare in Japan (https://books.google.nl/books?id=HkpyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA348&lpg=PA348&dq=monticola+saxicola+pandoo+japan&source=bl&ots=FKX19hSQhL&sig=ACfU3U2bwd4PQdzIzaD3dCJpkMwFdKkj-w&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiduMKMmITjAhVOPFAKHXyDBuoQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=monticola%20saxicola%20pandoo%20japan&f=false)
What would you say this is. Is pandoo an option or are there philippensis with less red on their breast.
full record with more photos in that series here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27617463
hope to hear from you
cheers,
Gerben
After plenty of red-bellied/red-breasted philippensis Blue Rockthrush in Japan, on 25 may last year I came across this male Blue Rockthrush that appeared all blue. It was foraging on the Wajima seaboard in Western Japan.
According to Brazil pandoo is rare in Japan (https://books.google.nl/books?id=HkpyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA348&lpg=PA348&dq=monticola+saxicola+pandoo+japan&source=bl&ots=FKX19hSQhL&sig=ACfU3U2bwd4PQdzIzaD3dCJpkMwFdKkj-w&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiduMKMmITjAhVOPFAKHXyDBuoQ6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=monticola%20saxicola%20pandoo%20japan&f=false)
What would you say this is. Is pandoo an option or are there philippensis with less red on their breast.
full record with more photos in that series here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27617463
hope to hear from you
cheers,
Gerben
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