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Australian Photo ID (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter apbarr
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Garrulous Jay
Well-known member
Black-Faced Woodswallow?
I agree. I think the chestnut undertail is an artifact. The prominent white supercilium rules out others, I think
apbarr
Well-known member
White-browed? Seems a closer match colour wise and I did see them in that general area
Well maybe. I feel that the dark lores on the photo are real which should rule that out. I'd also expect to see more of a boundary between the blue-grey of the chest and the chestnut underparts. (I'm not convinced the underparts are chestnut.)
Could you give the location and date? Thanks.
Looks fine for white-browed woodswallow, and I can't see black-faced woodswallow working. I can't see a reason to doubt the (overexposed) photo's colours.
macaulaylibrary.org
Looks fine for white-browed woodswallow, and I can't see black-faced woodswallow working. I can't see a reason to doubt the (overexposed) photo's colours.
ML400296531 - White-browed Woodswallow - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML400296531; © Robert Boehm; Indigo, Victoria, Australia
apbarr
Well-known member
Taken in the Sydney area in NovemberCould you give the location and date? Thanks.
Looks fine for white-browed woodswallow, and I can't see black-faced woodswallow working. I can't see a reason to doubt the (overexposed) photo's colours.
ML400296531 - White-browed Woodswallow - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML400296531; © Robert Boehm; Indigo, Victoria, Australia
Outside the range of black-faced woodswallow. Apparently.
Fine. We have a winner
sicklebill
well-known Cretaceous relic
White-browed Woodswallow to me, the big white supercilium nails it
chowchilla
Well-known member
100% White-browed Woodswallow.
No self-respecting Black-faced is going to sit in a lush tree like that. They prefer the driest, most drought-ridden places. Also, it looks exactly like a WBW.
No self-respecting Black-faced is going to sit in a lush tree like that. They prefer the driest, most drought-ridden places. Also, it looks exactly like a WBW.
