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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CAU" data-source="post: 1310964" data-attributes="member: 55324">IMO the Fair Isle bird does not look like a flammea. Edward mentioned that he wouldn't bat an eyelid if he saw the bird in Iceland, but I certainly would if I saw it in Finland. The bird is very dark brown, with dark brown ear-coverts (flammea should have grey ear-coverts), a dark-brown rump (flammea should have a paler rump) and the dark brown flanks contrast sharply against the white belly.Thanks for the picture! Are you sure that it is a flammea? Cabaret breeds in both Sweden and Finland, and possibly also hybridises with flammea. Most of the features mentioned on this site (don't know how relevant they are) point towards cabaret, although it's not a clear-cut individual (I assume you can read Swedish):<a href="http://w1.157.telia.com/~u15702529/snabbguider/cfelcb.htm" target="_blank">http://w1.157.telia.com/~u15702529/snabbguider/cfelcb.htm</a></blockquote>