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  1. Valéry Schollaert

    Ficedula flycat, today at Marrakesh, Morocco.

    Can it have less white forehead because it is not adult ? I thought the white on the wings was wide for F. h. hypoleuca.
  2. Valéry Schollaert

    Ficedula flycat, today at Marrakesh, Morocco.

    Hi all, As far as I can see, this is a 2cy male Ficedula flycatcher. On this individual, I find some features matching 3 possible taxa : Ficedula hypoleuca iberiae Ficedula hypoleuca hypoleuca Ficedula speculigera I'd like you have your analysis and conclusion if you have one. I didn't see...
  3. Valéry Schollaert

    Unknown Bird calling Kenya

    I forgot to consider this one but, indeed, you are totally right. Congrats.
  4. Valéry Schollaert

    Connecticut USA today-photo identifiable as Least Flycatcher?

    As far as I know, the following species are regular in Connecticut. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher I think we exclude easily Willow and Alder on shape, Acadian on primary projection, right ? I would add that bill is...
  5. Valéry Schollaert

    Connecticut USA today-photo identifiable as Least Flycatcher?

    Well, it might be difficult as often with Empidonax, but with this wing length and all orange lower mandible, I wonder what are the other options? For sure, we can narrow down the list of possibilities...
  6. Valéry Schollaert

    Sand plovers / Azerbaijan

    Lesser is now split into two different species : Tibetan and Siberian but, AFAIK, none occur in Azerbaïjan. The only option there is Greater Sandplover Anarhynchus leschenaultii columbinus. The bill seems thin, but columbinus has thinner bill than other subspecies I think.
  7. Valéry Schollaert

    Purple Heron?

    Il looks good for an immature Purple Heron, in which country is that ?
  8. Valéry Schollaert

    Meadow/Tree pipits? Klinge, Germany

    Tree Pipit and Woodlark.
  9. Valéry Schollaert

    Raptor ID, Ukraine

    Bonelli's Eagle is still not "present" in Ukraine and should not be considered as possibility on a couple of 3 pixels photos. We should always start with regular species. Well, an escape or wild African Hawk-Eagle is not impossible neither, just unlikely...
  10. Valéry Schollaert

    Unknown Bird calling Kenya

    I don't manage to find it with certainty. It reminds me White-starred Robin, but it doesn't match perfectly, just that I don't see anything closer among the possible species there.
  11. Valéry Schollaert

    Raptor ID, Ukraine

    does that make a sight record likely????? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
  12. Valéry Schollaert

    Raptor ID, Ukraine

    Eastern Imperial sounds to be a good option to me.
  13. Valéry Schollaert

    Raptor ID, Ukraine

    There's no Bonelli's Eagle in Ukraine, AFAIK.
  14. Valéry Schollaert

    Phuket Thailand NP - Brahmini Kite as well?

    yes it is
  15. Valéry Schollaert

    Please help identify this little bird we saw in Hertfordshire England

    Looks like a Greenfinch.
  16. Valéry Schollaert

    Phuket Thailand NP - immature Brahmini Kite or Black Kite...?

    Definitely a Brahminy Kite
  17. Valéry Schollaert

    Hydroprogne caspia from Egypt?

    First part of the video shows a dark bird that matches T. bergii and not H. caspia. On the second part, I agree it seems to be a straightforward Caspian. Two different birds might have been filmed ?
  18. Valéry Schollaert

    Thailand, Phu Hin Rong Kla NP - maybe a Blue Rock Thrush or ...?

    I mean, before I commented ! Obivously I identified only birds published at the time I found the thread... :LOL:
  19. Valéry Schollaert

    Thailand, Phu Hin Rong Kla NP - maybe a Blue Rock Thrush or ...?

    I wonder where are these photos you are talking about. I see 3 pandoo
  20. Valéry Schollaert

    Skylark or not Skylark ?- thats the question

    I'm afraid it is a very regular Alauda arvensis.
  21. Valéry Schollaert

    Thailand, Phu Hin Rong Kla NP - maybe a Blue Rock Thrush or ...?

    I'm Valéry. I see 3 photos off all blue individuals, very typical Blue Rockthrush, none with chestnut breast, but seemingly I'm missing something on this publication.
  22. Valéry Schollaert

    Thailand, Phu Hin Rong Kla NP - maybe a Blue Rock Thrush or ...?

    I'm not sure why all this discussion, it seems quite obvious to me that is a regular male Monticola solitarius pandoo wintering commonly in Thailand.
  23. Valéry Schollaert

    Goa, India - Pipit identification

    No, it is a Paddyfield Pipit IMO, but I wondered why you excluded Tawny. I've seen plenty of Tawny in North Africa and Europe, but never in India although I see many records from other people, so I'm interested to understand why I overlook them or if I'm simply not lucky with this species.
  24. Valéry Schollaert

    Goa, India - Pipit identification

    Not a Richard's with dark lores ; the Paddyfield is very common in Goa and India in general. Just a question : how did you exclude Tawny Pipit?
  25. Valéry Schollaert

    Cisticola spps - Nairobi National Park

    I've spent 12 years in Africa, I've seen almost all cisticolas, and I can state the opposite. In most cases, visual identification is easy. When I say "in first sight", here, it is just because I consider I might have forgotten one similar species. Last time in Kenya for me was in 2012, quite...
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