Gran Canaria February 2024 (1 Viewer)

[dufay]

The photos are from last week taken either in Las Palmas (1-3) or the area around Arguineguín (4-6).

1: warbler (Wood Warbler perhaps?)

2: I initially leaned towards Lesser Black-backed due to the color, but other traits point to Yellow-legged

3: immature of either of the above-mentioned gulls

4: Greenfinch?

5: some kind of pipit (Berthelot's?)

6: same as above

 

[Prestdj]

1 chiffchaff
2 im thinking one of the northern lesser black backed gulls looks very dark and long bodied either intermedius or baltic
3 lesser black backed gull
4 greenfinch
5 berthelot's pipit

number 3 is interesting

 

[dufay]

Thanks a lot!

 

[dufay]

Is it possible to tell if it is the Common- or the Canary Island Chiffchaff? I have several additional photos of this bird if needed.

 

[Bewick]

The greenfinch looks more like a canary to me, due mostly to the bills shape as well as birds facial markings.

 

[THE_FERN]

Is it possible to tell if it is the Common- or the Canary Island Chiffchaff? I have several additional photos of this bird if needed.

It will be canary chiffchaff

 

[DMW]

The Phylloscopus appears to have pale legs and bill.

 

[dufay]

The greenfinch looks more like a canary to me, due mostly to the bills shape as well as birds facial markings.

Below are some more photos of the same bird, if that could help settle the identification.






My initial idea of Greenfinch was based on the fact that it differed somewhat in coloration and patterning from Atlantic Canaries I encountered there, like this one:

 

[Butty]

The greenfinch looks more like a canary to me

Digressing... This is the point at which one might quickly check the Svensson field guide to see if greenfinch even occurs there... to discover that, though Canary Islands and Madeira are 'included' in its coverage, any distribution/presence info for those islands is completely missing. Astonishing.

 

[dufay]

The Phylloscopus appears to have pale legs and bill.

Here are a few more photos of the same bird

 

[dufay]

Digressing... This is the point at which one might quickly check the Svensson field guide to see if greenfinch even occurs there... to discover that, though Canary Islands and Madeira are 'included' in its coverage, any distribution/presence info for those islands is completely missing. Astonishing.

This is the entry from the John Bowler - Wildlife of Madeira and The Canary Islands:

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Digressing... This is the point at which one might quickly check the Svensson field guide to see if greenfinch even occurs there... to discover that, though Canary Islands and Madeira are 'included' in its coverage, any distribution/presence info for those islands is completely missing. Astonishing.

Occurs on all the Canaries but doesn't breed on some last I knew.

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Here are a few more photos of the same bird

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Looks fine for CI Chiff.

 

[lou salomon]

LBBG for both gulls, an adult (note that it's not possible to assess mantle colour in such pics - backlit, so, either ssp. graellsii or intermedius), the 1st cycle (1st winter) bird in pic 3 is quite advanced in plumage with most coverts and tertials replaced for 2nd generation which indicates ssp. intermedius over graellsii while the latter cannot be safely excluded). Agree on Canary Island Chiffchaff, Atlantic Canary and Berthelot's Pipit.

 

[dufay]

Don't know if any of these additional photos could help determine the subspecies, but I’ll post them just in case.

 

[lou salomon]

both look like ssp. graellsii (british/icelandic subspsecies) of LBBG. First one probably a 4th cycle.

 

[dufay]

Thanks!