putative Citrine Wagtail x Yellow Wagtail (1 Viewer)

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andreas bruun kristensen

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• Mar 10, 2014

• #1

Dear birders,

This wagtail:

http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?...&order=&page_size=25&id=listpictures&search=1

...was seen at Blaavand at the extreme western point of Denmark in May 2003.

The bird has been submitted to the Danish Rarities Committee as the first ever record in Denmark of a hybrid Citrine Wagtail x Yellow Wagtail.

Danish birders are not familiar with the variation of flavissima Yellow Wagtail and I hope that some of our British colleagues can tell whether this bird is outside the variation of flavissima and if not if there exist any photographic evidence of flavissima Yellow Wagtails which are similar to this bird.

Thanks in advance,
Andreas Bruun Kristensen

 

HokkaidoStu

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• Mar 10, 2014

• #2

Hi Andreas and welcome to birdforum. I've moved this to the Denmark forum.............

 

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Zheljko

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• Mar 10, 2014

• #3

I guess he wanted it in the general forum so people from other countries would feel free to discuss it?

 

bitterntwisted

Graham Howard Shortt

• Mar 10, 2014

• #4

HokkaidoStu said:

Hi Andreas and welcome to birdforum. I've moved this to the Denmark forum.............

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Why? It's an ID request. Specifically one which requests input from the UK, which it's less likely to get in the Denmark forum.

Can someone move it back to ID Q&A?

 

HokkaidoStu

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• Mar 10, 2014

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bitterntwisted said:

Why? It's an ID request. Specifically one which requests input from the UK, which it's less likely to get in the Denmark forum.

Can someone move it back to ID Q&A?

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It was originally in the 'say hello' forum.

 

njlarsen

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #6

Hej Andreas, og velkommen til

Niels

 

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andreas bruun kristensen

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #7

I posted this message in the wrong forum. Can someone move it to the "Identification forum"?

Thanks,
Andreas

 

HokkaidoStu

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• Mar 11, 2014

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andreas bruun kristensen said:

I posted this message in the wrong forum. Can someone move it to the "Identification forum"?

Thanks,
Andreas

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It is already there Andreas (via a short stay in the Denmark forum).

 

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P.Sunesen

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• Mar 11, 2014

• #9

Not that I feel competent to comment on this bird, but surely some experienced (British?) birder could throw some light over this interesting wagtail.

In anticipation.

Regards
Peter

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• Mar 12, 2014

• #10

Well, can we have the reasons for which it is not a pure Citrine?

 

dwatsonbirder

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• Mar 12, 2014

• #11

Presumably mantle colour and facial markings?

 

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JHDraytonbassettpits

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• Mar 12, 2014

• #12

Female Citrine Wagatail Lesvos Greece 1/5/12
http://www.birdguides.com/iris/pictures.asp?mode=search&tx=1769&rty=0&r=1&off=352027&gallery=0&v=0

 

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andreas bruun kristensen

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• Mar 12, 2014

• #13

As mentioned the greenish rump seems to exclude a pure Citrine Wagtail. Also, the white wingbar on the greater coverts looks quite narrow.

 

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P.Sunesen

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• Mar 20, 2014

• #14

Can a flavissima look like this?

 

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davercox

Dave Cox

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• Mar 21, 2014

• #15

Maybe the silence from Britain means "no, I've never seen anything like this but I'm not going to rule it out", waiting for others to jump in. Certainly I've never seen a flavissima remotely like this bird.