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Buff-Bellied Pipit 黃腹鷚

塱原 Long Valley
27-10-2010
Please correct me if wrong id !

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Herman, nice capture. Add one more taken at the same day.

Irene -

I think that Herman's photos do show Buff-bellied Pipit, but I believe that the bird in your photo is Red-throated Pipit.

If you compare them closely, you'll see a number of differences. The obvious thing is that Red-throated Pipit is generally a lot warmer than Buff-bellied - and I think that's clear in the photos. At a more detailed level, Red-throated has a stripe in front of the eye and a pale-yellow base to the bill  - features which are clearly shown in your photo. Buff-bellied, on the other hand, has a pale loral area and an all grey bill. Again, this is evident in Herman's photos.

david

[[i] Last edited by ddavid at 28/10/2010 20:39 [/i]]

Thanks David, totally agree....35515fc0f220445

Irene

Just to amend one of my points - Buff-bellied Pipit can often show a pale yellow base to the bill - see the Photographic Guide..

david

Thank you David's detail comment!