ID help please (north of Sweden) (1 Viewer)

tarzzz

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• Jun 8, 2007

• #1

Hi.

Looks lika a Pied Flycatcher ? or ?

Thanks

//Ben

 

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lostinjapan

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• Jun 8, 2007

• #2

I'd go for a Ficedula sp.

Most likely Pied Flycatcher, but I guess Collared couldn't be ruled out based on those pics.

Sean
Hiroshima

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Jun 8, 2007

• #3

Agree with Sean, though it doesn't seem to have a collar, there is some black coming down the side of the bird's neck. 90% sure it's a pied, but would ideally like to see it turn around.

 

tarzzz

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2007

• #4

Yes, thanks. Collared can't be ruled out, so it has to go as unidentified.

Thanks anyway.

//Ben

 

Frenchy

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• Jun 9, 2007

• #5

You can rule out Collared on distribution (as far as i know, the only Swedish breeders are on Gotland in the extreme south). What features are visble are strongly suggestive of Pied Flycatcher, with a lack of a white forehead patch being a big point against Collared. First summers are trickier, and this bird is in the worst possible angle! I'm only sure its a Pied Fly and not a Lesser Whitethroat by the short legs and the apparantly big eye!

 

lostinjapan

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2007

• #6

Hey Paul

Admittedly Collared seems unlikely on range, but you never know.

Though I agree that if this were an adult summer bird, the small amount of white on the forehead would indicate Pied.

Don't see Lesser Whitethroat as even a remote possibility though!

Sean