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5 common birds from Paris, France (1 Viewer)
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Gaz Shilton
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I'd say:
1-House Martin
2-Feral Pigeon
3-Moorhen (juvenile)
4-Herring Gull
5-Wood Pigeon
1-House Martin
2-Feral Pigeon
3-Moorhen (juvenile)
4-Herring Gull
5-Wood Pigeon
MariettaBirder
Well-known member
#1 ?
#2 feral pigeon
#3 immature moorhen
#4 Herring Gull?
#5 woodpigeon or wood pigeon
Agree with Gaz on #1
#2 feral pigeon
#3 immature moorhen
#4 Herring Gull?
#5 woodpigeon or wood pigeon
Agree with Gaz on #1
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I would certainly agree that doing ids while I was there would be preferable, and certainly more fun. Unfortunately this trip was grabbing a few minutes with my camera while cramming a months travel into a week. As enjoyable as I find bird watching, this was far from a birding trip.
I checked further and it seems I was wrong on the placement of #1. It was Chambord, not Paris. And here's another shot of the same birds if it makes a difference.
I checked further and it seems I was wrong on the placement of #1. It was Chambord, not Paris. And here's another shot of the same birds if it makes a difference.
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gypaetusbarbatus
Member
Definitely a House Martin on #1, and I agree with Gaz and Marietta on the others. I would try a Collins/Princeton Birds of Europe Second Edition Guide if you end up doing a lot of Europe birding in the future - really good book.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
1 :- House Martin. The only black and white 'swallow' with a white rump and feathered legs in Europe
2 :- Feral Pigeon
3 :- Juvenile Common Moorhen ( now 'split' from Common Gallinule - the one you get in Florida )
4 :- Eurasian Herring Gull ( now 'split' from American Herring Gull )
5 :- Common Wood Pigeon. Big grey jobbie with a small head, white patch on the sides of the neck and a white bar on the wing in flight.
2 :- Feral Pigeon
3 :- Juvenile Common Moorhen ( now 'split' from Common Gallinule - the one you get in Florida )
4 :- Eurasian Herring Gull ( now 'split' from American Herring Gull )
5 :- Common Wood Pigeon. Big grey jobbie with a small head, white patch on the sides of the neck and a white bar on the wing in flight.
Tiraya
San Diego CA
Since when was this, and is it a subspecies or species split? If species then I better get a move on and find that american one....
birdboybowley
Well-known member.....apparently so ;)
It's a split (but maybe not by the BOU yet....wait a decade then it will be!)
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Adams being a bit optimistic ( BOU have only just aknowledged Azores Bullfinch!!!!!!!!!). Am. and Euro. Herring Gulls split by IOC, and John Boyd - good enough for me :t:
Chris
Chris
James Lowther
Well-known member
pretty sure American herring gull is split by BOU as well
http://www.bou.org.uk/thebritishlist/British-List-2010.pdf
yep, certainly is, for about 3 or 4 years i reckon....
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00758.x/pdf
yep 4 years...
;-)
cheers,
James
http://www.bou.org.uk/thebritishlist/British-List-2010.pdf
yep, certainly is, for about 3 or 4 years i reckon....
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00758.x/pdf
yep 4 years...
;-)
cheers,
James
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I know John Boyd, personally, an economics professor at FIU and by no means a taxonomist. Neither here nor there, but he is an adamant splitter -- the more splits the better.
Carlos
TwoDipsfromAmsterdam
Anything About?
Economists are good splitters. Put 12 in a room with one problem to solve and they'll come up with at least 13 solutions.|:d|
David
mäkpe
Well-known member
For anybody interested in seeing Larus smithsonianus in Europe; http://ostfoldmaker.blogspot.com/2009/12/smithsonianus-lookalikes.html
