Hi all ...
I'd be interested in any comments on the bird in the link below, mostly as I cannot decide whether to twitch it or not!
http://www.tanews.org.tw/info/15207
Superficially, it looks like a straightforward Rufous Night Heron, albeit one with a broad pale forehead band, a washed out neck and face, and a 'patchy' look to its wing. A good series of stills of this bird have been posted today on YouTube (link below), and in these there also seem to be grey areas in the wing (especially in the alula and outer primaries) (at e.g. 0:50 and 1:07 in the video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avaXpZlaqA
Would those with experience of the species consider the above 'problems' to be acceptable variation within Rufous Night Heron? Or is this bird perhaps a hybrid? Thanks for any responses.
Steve
I'd be interested in any comments on the bird in the link below, mostly as I cannot decide whether to twitch it or not!
http://www.tanews.org.tw/info/15207
Superficially, it looks like a straightforward Rufous Night Heron, albeit one with a broad pale forehead band, a washed out neck and face, and a 'patchy' look to its wing. A good series of stills of this bird have been posted today on YouTube (link below), and in these there also seem to be grey areas in the wing (especially in the alula and outer primaries) (at e.g. 0:50 and 1:07 in the video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avaXpZlaqA
Would those with experience of the species consider the above 'problems' to be acceptable variation within Rufous Night Heron? Or is this bird perhaps a hybrid? Thanks for any responses.
Steve