What bird is this? (1 Viewer)

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yuming

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #1

This bird was eating rose shoots in my friend's garden on a snow day in UK.
It looks like a robin, but its color is dark with a white belly.
I'm glad if someone helps me to identify this bird.
Thank you!

 

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Earnest lad

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #2

I am only an amateur - just a guess it couldn't be a Siberian Rubythroat could it?

 

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Sangahyando

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #3

kasfig said:

I am only an amateur - just a guess it couldn't be a Siberian Rubythroat could it?

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He said it was in the UK though, not in Japan (I initially stumbled over that too).

 

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aeshna5

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #4

Leucistic Robin? Structurally looks perfect for one!

 

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Simon Wates

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #5

aeshna5 said:

Leucistic Robin? Structurally looks perfect for one!

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It does - but that dark cheek can't be right surely?

 

Andy Adcock

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #6

Another option may be Dunnock but it seems to have a white throat?


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Simon Wates

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• Mar 8, 2018

• #7

Looking again, why not Chiffchaff?

 

Jon Turner

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• Mar 8, 2018

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We've had 2 white-breasted Robins in North Devon in the last year or two. It looks structurally perfect for Robin to me.

 

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Simon Wates

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• Mar 8, 2018

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Jon Turner said:

We've had 2 white-breasted Robins in North Devon in the last year or two. It looks structurally perfect for Robin to me.

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I know they occur but never seen one. I'd thought, perhaps wrongly, that if the leucism affected the orange/red on the breast it would also affect the lower face and cheeks, which look very dark in the photo. Did the birds Devon have dark there?

 

Jon Turner

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• Mar 8, 2018

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Simon Wates said:

I know they occur but never seen one. I'd thought, perhaps wrongly, that if the leucism affected the orange/red on the breast it would also affect the lower face and cheeks, which look very dark in the photo. Did the birds Devon have dark there?

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Will see if I can find my (poor) pictures anon.....

 

Joern Lehmhus

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• Mar 9, 2018

• #11

Don´t think this is a leucistic robin Erithacus rubecula...

here is one lacking the orange patch
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/3-leucistic-european-robin-colin-varndell.html

https://www.bto.org/sites/default/f...leucistic_robin_by_donna_mcghee_(cumbria).jpg


the description eating rose shoots is odd for ANY songbird by the way

 

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yuming

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• Mar 11, 2018

• #12

Thank you

Thanks kasfig, Sangahyando, aeshna5, Simon, andyadcock, Jon, and Joern. It looks like leucistic European robin or Chiffchaff, though the color is a bit different.
I hope this bird visits my friend's garden again and stays longer for more photos