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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rockfowl" data-source="post: 2692106" data-attributes="member: 64295">Not easy Tib's. But  initial impression is rather acro-like, rather than Phyllosc-like, helped by the rather peaky crown.Tail looks longish but difficult from this angle. Bill long and no dark tip to lower mandible. There are anomalies, I wasn't keen of the contrast between the tertial centres and the fringes, or the appearance of a pale secondary panel but it does look worn and bleached and lighting conditions probably enhance this.  The super, well it is rather long but again if you look closely, there is variation, some milky coffee coloured bits so I wonder if it was quite as pronounced in the field at different angles. I bet there are other images Xuky? , and I'd be happy to be corrected or just reassess, but at the moment, I can't get beyond Sykes</blockquote>