billybunter
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Can anyone identify this little bird, please? Regrettably it was a cat kill. My cat must have found it somewhere in or near our garden in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK in the early morning of 11 August 2003. I'm not a bird expert though I can recognise most common garden birds. But this one has me stumped. I've been all through two bird books and lots of websites trying to track it down, without success. It's about 11cms long and the most distinctive features are the circular white eye patches. The area between the eyes and above the beak is slightly more yellowy than the rest of its upper plumage, which is olive green. The wing tips and tail are black. The long, thin beak is like a flycatcher (?) but those prominent eye patches make me think it is maybe something more exotic - maybe an escaped cage bird?