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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RecoveringScot" data-source="post: 3572263" data-attributes="member: 17473"><p>A crop from another, third photo, very similar to the original, but where the bird has turned to look at the photographer. Note the fine streaking on the crown, much less coarse than that of CK, and the whitish area just above the bill. Also the shorter moustaches, each starting from directly underneath the eye, whereas in CK they start slightly in front of the eye (a point mentioned by the Andalucia Bird Society comparison page, and confirmed by some shots of both species I have seen online, though remarkably few shots of these species are portrait close-ups, as I feel people tend to think the in-flight characters are a surer way of distinguishing them). Again this part-photo is reproduced with permission from Craig Nisbet and is copyright by him.</p></blockquote><p></p>