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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bugmat" data-source="post: 3608166" data-attributes="member: 137018">That's fair (though I disagree), but also given this bird only has 2 wing bars if we're categorising it as only a species reported here previously (and not considering any vagrants) I would lean to Lesser. And just to say the jizz appearance is one of the field marks, despite them (guides) saying it is very difficult to separate the two species it isn't impossible - a group of us saw both species in one spot before earlier this year and as you can see in the shots i attached the SBE is a neater bird with a more distinct and prominent eye ring than either the YBE or LE. Unfortunately these birds rarely call especially the migrants. I have heard SBE call here only once before  but never heard a LE call despite seeing it up to 4 times before (and it is resident)...</blockquote>