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    igorfest replied to the thread ID small grey/brown one.
    A Booted Warbler in my opinion too... Dark tip to lower edge of mandible, long pale supercilium behind the eye, rather shortish looking...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Mourning Wheatear or Pied Wheatear?.
    If you want to read very good and most complete bibliographical resources about bird migration and vagrancy you can have a look at these...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Eurasian penduline tit?.
    First one (probably Yellowhammer call, but also very similar to Redwing's to my hear) is a short, sibilant and straight ziii, while the...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Afghan Babblers?.
    I've never seen Afghan Babbler before but the two photos presented here (even if slightly veered towards blue tones) actually depict two...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Hume's Lark?.
    Dear Grahame, thanks a lot for your note. About the shape of Hume's Lark bill compared to Greater's, I've founded contrasting comments...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Hume's Lark?.
    Very difficult identification, as the two species (Greater and Hume's Short-toed Lark) are very similar in every respects. But, apart...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Mourning Wheatear or Pied Wheatear?.
    Morphologically speaking, it has a rather strong built, thick bill and the undertail coverts strongly tinged with buff, tipical features...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Warbler Lesvos.
    An Iduna warbler. Judging from longish bill with completely pale underside, pale feather edges on secondaries and greater coverts...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Bobolink-like birds in upper Austria.
    Probably Common Starling, one of the few central european species of medium-little size with blackish plumage (in flight, little spots...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Gull, Salton Sea, California, USA 12 May 2024.
    Primary feather P6 is barred on the tip, there's a pale shadow along the inner border of black primary tips (stronger on the underside)...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Various Raptors - South Essex UK - 12th May.
    I've modified the first photograph (without permission, I beg your pardon djw0208) and I exclude it could be a Honey Buzzard: wings are...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Bird ID Inquiry from La Paz Waterfalls, Costa Rica.
    During my birding trip to Costa Rica I saw at least a few Black Phoebes along the stream that forms the famous waterfall and looking at...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Bird ID Inquiry from La Paz Waterfalls, Costa Rica.
    Slaty Flowerpiercer doesn't show white on the outer rectrices in any plumege, as shown in the mystery photograph. We should check a...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Bird ID Inquiry from La Paz Waterfalls, Costa Rica.
    Could it be a Black Phoebe chick? I've seen that species in Costa Rica where it doesn't shows pale wingbars (local subspecies) and it...
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    igorfest replied to the thread Raptor ID, Ukraine.
    Structurally speaking it slightly recalls a Pallas's Fish Eagle (long thin tail, long neck, small head, slim body, long wings with wider...
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