Flycatcher ID Panjin, Liaoning, China (1 Viewer)

[Owen Krout]

Need to verify this one for sure. Flycatcher in local park, mixed wood and shrubs. Found by accident while trying to get photo of Asian Brown Flycatcher.
Stayed well hidden deep in the bush. Appears to be Chinese Flycatcher?

 

[Owen Krout]

more photos

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[Grahame Walbridge]

Female/1st-summer Yellow-rumped Flycatcher.

Grahame

 

[Owen Krout]

That would make sense for this area, but I wouldn't get that from Brazil's illustration or ID description. Visible for less than a minute, but visually the belly appeared brighter yellow than what shows in the photo. It was in deep shadow and I didn't react to open the aperture like I should have.

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

That would make sense for this area, but I wouldn't get that from Brazil's illustration or ID description. Visible for less than a minute, but visually the belly appeared brighter yellow than what shows in the photo. It was in deep shadow and I didn't react to open the aperture like I should have.

Owen,

Sorry, I had to exit the thread before I had qualified my identification which is largely based on the extent of white in the median/greater coverts and the presence an obvious white fringe to the largest (outermost) tertial. Yellow-rumped can show a varying amount of yellow tones to the underparts.

http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2690&Location=

http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Birdnews/BK-BN-birdnews-2009-05.shtml

Grahame

 

[johnallcock]

I agree with Yellow-rumped, for the same reasons mentioned by Grahame.

The wing pattern, particularly the white tertial fringe, is a useful feature to learn I think - I've relied on this for identifying unseasonal Yellow-rumped in Hong Kong in the past.

 

[Owen Krout]

OK. Never having seen a Chinese before and only limited numbers of male Yellow-rumped I only had Brazil's to go by and http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Image:8193330270_ce5da6ec03_b.jpg and that I never was able to see any yellow rump. I think having viewed it head-on initially and thus not seeing the wing barring at first prejudiced me immediately. Nevertheless to get a more experienced eye is why I checked here.

Thanks for the explanation.