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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hannu" data-source="post: 1292987" data-attributes="member: 19244">Just a few thoughts,... somehow I have more Sylvia-feeling than Phyllosc feeling in this case. In my mind, the overall impression (body shape) of Booted is more Phyllosc than Sylvia. I think that this bird's belly bulge out too much for being Phyllosc or Booted, thus it looks more robust than in suggested Phyllosc and Booted. This is visible in both pics. Also the leg colour does not fit well to Phyllosc, but fits well to Garden W or Booted. Also the base of bill looks too strong for being Phyllosc. I admit that this case reminds a lot Booted, but e.g. eye ring is very strong and thus perhaps atypical for Booted (especially below the eye). Also the head looks relative big and the wings (primary projection) looks long in the flying photo, which does not fit so well to Booted. ...But a difficult case indeed!</blockquote>