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my birds in china (1 Viewer)
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dwatsonbirder
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1) Bit tricky with the lighting, clearly a Phyllosc, a pure guess based on shape, colour and apparent jizz would be Eastern crowned, but lightened photos would help.
2) Yellow-billed Grosbeak
3) Brown Shrike
4) Possibly Himalayan Cutia?
5) Another Phyllosc - any more images?
2) Yellow-billed Grosbeak
3) Brown Shrike
4) Possibly Himalayan Cutia?
5) Another Phyllosc - any more images?
I'd suggest Azure-winged Magpie (probably a juvenile with the white speckled head) for 4.
Do not both leaf warblers look like Eastern crowned? with the strong supercilium and eyestripes, markings on the wing, orange bill and crownstripe?
I am sure the more savvy people will drop in and help out
but please: add the province in the title of the thread! that helps a lot
cheers,
G
I am sure the more savvy people will drop in and help out
but please: add the province in the title of the thread! that helps a lot
cheers,
G
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I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
johnallcock
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1. Looks like Pale-legged or Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (pale pink legs). These wouldn't be separable from this photo.
2. Agree Yellow-billed (=Chinese) Grosbeak.
4. Like Andrew suggested, I think this is an Azure-winged Magpie, with the photo rotated through 90 degrees.
5. Looks like Eastern Crowned Warbler to me. There seems to be a central crown stripe and the undertail coverts look very yellow.
3. This is an interesting bird. Brown Shrike would be by far the most likely species based on range. But the plumage tones (bright rufous upperparts, whitish underparts), relatively brown mask, pale lores and pale bill put me in mind of a Red-backed Shrike, which would be a very good record. I'm not sure whether some of these are due to photo artefacts, though. Do you have any more pictures of this bird?
2. Agree Yellow-billed (=Chinese) Grosbeak.
4. Like Andrew suggested, I think this is an Azure-winged Magpie, with the photo rotated through 90 degrees.
5. Looks like Eastern Crowned Warbler to me. There seems to be a central crown stripe and the undertail coverts look very yellow.
3. This is an interesting bird. Brown Shrike would be by far the most likely species based on range. But the plumage tones (bright rufous upperparts, whitish underparts), relatively brown mask, pale lores and pale bill put me in mind of a Red-backed Shrike, which would be a very good record. I'm not sure whether some of these are due to photo artefacts, though. Do you have any more pictures of this bird?
dwatsonbirder
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Thanks Andrew - that makes more sense. I think it was the jaunty angle which put Cutia in my mind for some reason.
Angle of the leaves confirms that this photo needs to be rotated 90° anticlockwise.
Grahame Walbridge
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3. It's a juvenile/1st-w Brown Shrike John, pp way too short (only 5 p tips visible) for RBS.
Agree with the others.
Grahame
johnallcock
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Fair enough. That would make much more sense based on location and I wasn't sure. Looking with fresh eyes today I agree it looks better for Brown.
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johnallcock
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Sorry, this is still not identifiable with the new photograph. Pale-legged and Sakhalin Leaf Warbler are identical in appearance - you need the call or song to be able to separate them reliably.
thanks can i send you some song from my trip to china to identify them ?
