Bird ID please. Iraq (1 Viewer)

[sean pearce]

 

[kuzeycem]

A splendid male White-throated Robin

 

[sean pearce]

A splendid male White-throated Robin

Thank you, sorry it was a poor pic on my phone, didn’t know they had yellow breasts, I saw a different one earlier with a red breast.

 

[Butty]

didn’t know they had yellow breasts, I saw a different one earlier with a red breast

Photo quality.

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

It is not the photo quality but a pale variant, plenty of similar examples on the net e.g bottom right White-throated Robin | KuwaitBirds.org

Grahame

 

[MJB]

It is not the photo quality but a pale variant, plenty of similar examples on the net e.g bottom right White-throated Robin | KuwaitBirds.org

Grahame

Back in 1996, I had one well south of Seydişehir, Turkey, that sang on a juniper-clad slope for quite some time. It mostly faced towards me, and through my scope I could see the throat feathering as it sang, but it had no white feathers on the throat. It was quite disconcerting...
MJB

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

Another variant mentioned by Shirihai & Svnsson (2018) concerns individuals that show a hint of a black border to the white throat patch but it can be quite obvious as illustrated here White-throated Robin Macaulay Library ML205498801

Grahame