India Pipit ID ? (1 Viewer)

aloktewari

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• Jan 20, 2019

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Provisional : Blyth's Vs Paddyfield Pipit

Location : Nazafgarh Wetlands and Marshes, Gurgaon-Delhi Border, India.

Size : mid-size pipit

Date : 10.01.2019

 

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HouseCrow

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• Jan 20, 2019

• #2

Nice photos!. I would suggest a Blyth's Pipit, first winter.

But I prefer to see what the experts say


cheers,
Gerben

 

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HH75

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• Jan 20, 2019

• #3

Hi there,
I would agree that this bird is a Blyth's Pipit. The pale lores would fit Richard's or Blyth's rather than Paddyfield Pipit, and the relatively short 'conical' bill and short hindclaw are good pro-Blyth's features.
Regards,
Harry.

 

aloktewari

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• Jan 21, 2019

• #4

Thank you for confirmation, Gerben and Harry ...
Best regards.
Alok.

 

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andyb39

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• Jan 21, 2019

• #5

Are we quite sure this is Blyth's? I know the lore looks pale but the head is quite wedge-shaped and the bill looks a little long in the 3rd image. The crown is indistinctly streaked and the ear coverts are quite warm, creating a cheek patch. There isn't much of a "whisker" or moustachial in two of the images. More importantly, the centres of the median coverts come to a point, especially the central one - they should be blunter than this. Both median and greater coverts have very gingery tips, forming two rusty wingbars - shouldn't the former be white in Blyth's?

Happy to be contradicted as always.

 

Andy Hurley

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• Jan 21, 2019

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I understood that adult Blyth's Pipit have square shaped median coverts, but this is not a distinctive feature in juveniles

 

aloktewari

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• Jan 22, 2019

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Here's another image for median coverts ... most of them do look rather squarish ...
Best regards,
Alok.

 

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