Stonechat - Bulgaria (1 Viewer)

[Nikolai Kolev]

I need help to ID this stonechat from today(11.10.2023). Bird seen on Pomorie lake - Bulgaria.

 

[Nikolai Kolev]

I need help to ID this stonechat from today(11.10.2023). Bird seen on Pomorie lake - Bulgaria.

 

[Nikolai Kolev]

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[KenM]

To my eye this looks like a “maurus” type Eastern Stonechat Nikolai, I believe the white throat abutting the buff pink breast, to include the pale back contrasting against the dark tertials to be not untypical of this form.
You might need other comments though.

Cheers

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

Looks good for 1cy Siberian Stonechat, the combination of unmarked pale peachy rump and utc's, overall pale, sandy plumage tones + long pp readily exclude European Stonechat. The rather obvious pale tips to the PC's should confirm age as a 1cy, possibly a female. Excluding Amur is less straightforward but plumage tones, in particular, rump are not saturated enough and so, it too should be safely excluded IMO. Conclusion, Siberian Stonechat but cannot be identified to taxon.

Grahame