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Bird in Djibouti (1 Viewer)

Aladdin

Aladdin

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Dear members and bird watchers

I was running in to this bird today, late afternoon in Djibouti. Not scared at all and at a quick glance it looked like a wagtail. Then I changed my mind to a Desert cisticola.

At a closer look I see that my bird have a redish ring around the eye so then I gave up the idea of being a Desert cisticola

Looks like a warbler from some angles, form of the head. But I cannot find any warbler fitting the picture.

Anyone having any ideas?

Kind regards and happy birding
Aladdin
 

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Aladdin said:
Dear members and bird watchers

I was running in to this bird today, late afternoon in Djibouti. Not scared at all and at a quick glance it looked like a wagtail. Then I changed my mind to a Desert cisticola.

At a closer look I see that my bird have a redish ring around the eye so then I gave up the idea of being a Desert cisticola

Looks like a warbler from some angles, form of the head. But I cannot find any warbler fitting the picture.

Anyone having any ideas?

Kind regards and happy birding
Aladdin
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Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata?
MJB
 
Certainly looks exactly like a Spotted Flycatcher (wintering from Europe). Unfortunately, there's probably 20+ other near-indistinguishable local breeding species that I've never heard of . . . :eek!:
 
Thank you all, really appreciated

At a quick glance looked like a wagtail when the bird was chasing insects. But the bill was not right. And the redish rings around the eyes, well, thank you very much

Kind regards
Aladdin
 
Nutcracker said:
Certainly looks exactly like a Spotted Flycatcher (wintering from Europe). Unfortunately, there's probably 20+ other near-indistinguishable local breeding species that I've never heard of . . . :eek!:
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Not really. The most similar species in Africa is Gambaga Flycatcher, but with much shorter wings as it is sedentary or short-range migrant.

Definitely Muscicapa striata.
 
Valéry Schollaert said:
Not really. The most similar species in Africa is Gambaga Flycatcher, but with much shorter wings as it is sedentary or short-range migrant.

Definitely Muscicapa striata.
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Thanks! Just assumed there would be, given the much higher species diversity in the tropics. But good point about long wings, if it has them, it's got to be a long-distance migrant.
 
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