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Broad-billed or Leaden Flycatcher - Australia
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<blockquote data-quote="jmorlan" data-source="post: 3152609" data-attributes="member: 1564"><p>Have since received expert commentary from Australia. Turns out this is an immature <strong>Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula concinna). </strong>Key features:</p><p></p><p>1. <strong>Square tail</strong>, evident in the flight shot showing the bird flying away. The central rectrices are missing, but the outermost tail feather r6 is only marginally shorter than r5. </p><p>2. <strong>Dark lores</strong>. Female Broad-billed have pale lores.</p><p>3. <strong>Whitish fringed secondary coverts</strong>. Broad-billed has rusty-brownish fringes.</p><p>4. <strong>Bulging forehead.</strong> Broad-billed has more sloping forehead profile. </p><p></p><p>The tail formula is probably the most important feature. The pale bill base indicates an immature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmorlan, post: 3152609, member: 1564"] Have since received expert commentary from Australia. Turns out this is an immature [B]Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula concinna). [/B]Key features: 1. [B]Square tail[/B], evident in the flight shot showing the bird flying away. The central rectrices are missing, but the outermost tail feather r6 is only marginally shorter than r5. 2. [B]Dark lores[/B]. Female Broad-billed have pale lores. 3. [B]Whitish fringed secondary coverts[/B]. Broad-billed has rusty-brownish fringes. 4. [B]Bulging forehead.[/B] Broad-billed has more sloping forehead profile. The tail formula is probably the most important feature. The pale bill base indicates an immature. [/QUOTE]
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