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Yellow-streaked Warbler?

I consider that this is a Radde's Warbler. The legs are obviously strong and this, alone, is probably enough to rule out Yellow-streaked. In addition the bill is relatively heavy, I think too deep for Yellow-streaked. On colouration, this looks like a typical Radde's too: first year birds of both species show yellow streaking but this is typically more  obvious on Yellow-streaked and I would expect it to be more apparent than on this bird.

Mike Leven

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