Tenerife (1 Viewer)

Wimpy

Well-known member

• Nov 24, 2012

• #1

This was taken in 2007 at Las Lajas National park 7000ft above sea level. The woodie, the blue chaffinch and the blue tit are fine but what's the ID of the other bird. Is it a Serin?

Also is the blue tit in Tenerife classed as a different bird to the British blue tit?

Thanks all

 

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KenM

Well-known member

• Nov 24, 2012

• #2

That's no Serin..that's a Great Spotted Woodpecker

 

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Cheshire Birder

Well-known member

• Nov 24, 2012

• #3

KenM said:

That's no Serin..that's a Great Spotted Woodpecker

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The serin is in the first picture

CB

 

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mr.p

not of this world

• Nov 24, 2012

• #4

It's a canary

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Nov 24, 2012

• #5

Probably wrong but looks more Canary-like to me than Serin?

Teneriffe Blue Tit (other subspecies on other islands) belongs to the African Blue Tit group (a different species to the European one) . The GSW is also a distinct subspecies (possible split) as are as a number of other islands birds such as Sparrowhawk etc.

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Nov 24, 2012

• #6

You have a canary, and African blue tit.

 

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dan pointon

Can't Stop

• Nov 25, 2012

• #7

Yep - a Canary

 

phil baber

Clipped Wing

• Nov 25, 2012

• #8

So, who didn't point out the Blue Chaffinch? Me. But i'm now doing it.

 

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Stranger

Well-known member

• Nov 25, 2012

• #9

dantheman said:

Probably wrong but looks more Canary-like to me than Serin?

Teneriffe Blue Tit (other subspecies on other islands) belongs to the African Blue Tit group (a different species to the European one) . The GSW is also a distinct subspecies (possible split) as are as a number of other islands birds such as Sparrowhawk etc.

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That`s another two for my life list then:t:
Thanks

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• Nov 25, 2012

• #10

phil baber said:

So, who didn't point out the Blue Chaffinch? Me. But i'm now doing it.

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Too late. See post one.

 

Wimpy

Well-known member

• Nov 25, 2012

• #11

Thanks all. So tick one canary plus two Tenerife species. Nice one