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Simon Wates
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Certainly not a juv. Goldcrest - any chance of stating when and whereabouts the pic was taken? I'm very worried about this one ;-)
Andrew Rowlands
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Odd looking bird, aberrant Robin, perhaps?
Simon Wates
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I think you have nailed it...can't see it being anything else. Aberrant Robins must be highly unusual.
dwatsonbirder
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Looks like a robin with a washed out breast to me.
midlands birder
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Motmot
Eduardo Amengual
Simon Wates
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Not at all! Aberrant Robins are in fact extremely unusual. I'm sure I am not the only one here who has looked at more Robins than cars on roads and has never seen a Robin anything like the bird in your photo! Aberrant would just mean "different then the norm" and in your bird it looks as if its missing red/orange pigmentation. There is a possibility however, that its not a Robin and I am also sure I'm not the only one wondering! Structurally your bird really does look like one though and unless we are talking about a first record for the WP or an escape I suspect that it is a Robin.
I can't see it as a female Indian Blue Robin - the white/buff over the eye doesn't fit.
PS: Cross-posted with Motmot and I think that fits!
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Simon Wates
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Here are a couple of relevant links - the BTO would love to hear about your bird.
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/behaviour/plumage
http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=3049
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/behaviour/plumage
http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=3049
Andrew Rowlands
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To expand a little on my earlier post, the bird appears to be lacking the orange/red around the eye and bill compared to a normal Robin but the delineation/demarcation line of the orange/red in this area looks the same - the back colouration seems more suited to a male Northern Wheatear (distantly related species) to my defective eyes, the shape/posture looks fine for Robin, as it also does in the second photograph (and the habitat fits the Robin).
There are however, many related chat species that I'm not familiar with - but I feel that a Robin with aberrant plumage needs to be ruled out before looking for a rarer alternative.
More photo's please
this looks a very interesting bird.
There are however, many related chat species that I'm not familiar with - but I feel that a Robin with aberrant plumage needs to be ruled out before looking for a rarer alternative.
More photo's please
this looks a very interesting bird.
Dimitris
Birdwatcher in Oz
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Black-crested_Titmouse.jpg
Obviously the subject bird isn't one of these, but that was my gut reaction when I saw its face...
Obviously the subject bird isn't one of these, but that was my gut reaction when I saw its face...
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
I had a similar thought - tufted rather than black-crested - but the second picture rules that out.
It's likely a robin but I'll leave the rest of the discussion to the Eurasian experts.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
imm male Red-lored Whistler, any introduced eucalypts nearby
sorry, just joking, but it does bear a passing resemblance to a very rare aussie bird.
sorry, just joking, but it does bear a passing resemblance to a very rare aussie bird.
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