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Cran
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Flycatcher? 這是甚麼鶲?
« on: Feb 2nd, 2006, 12:03am » |
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Its eyes kind of make me think it's a Flycatcher, can anyone please help me identify it and tell me how? Thanks.
January 29, 2006
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Re: Flycatcher?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 2nd, 2006, 12:37am » |
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It looks like Asian brown flycatcher to me
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Re: Flycatcher?
« Reply #2 on: Feb 2nd, 2006, 11:30am » |
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It's a flycatcher but I don't think it's a Asian Brown Flycatcher. Try again.
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Re: Flycatcher?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 3rd, 2006, 12:09am » |
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See if this photo can help a little... I wish I could take more photos, but it stayed for a very short time. Thanks again.
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Re: Flycatcher? 這是甚麼鶲?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 7th, 2006, 1:40pm » |
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Can anyone elaborate more on how to identify this Flycatcher, please?
If considering the location and chances, I also think Asian Brown Flycatcher could be the answer, what puzzle me is the colour of the beak, but it could be due to light condition or my camera being not good enough to show the details.
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Re: Flycatcher? 這是甚麼鶲?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 7th, 2006, 3:18pm » |
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red-throated flycatcher possibly- did the bird flick its tail upwards often. White patches are usually visible at the upper side of the tail.
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Re: Flycatcher? 這是甚麼鶲?
« Reply #6 on: Feb 7th, 2006, 6:13pm » |
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Although the bird is a bit small in the shots, I think it's still fairly clearly Asian Brown. It doesn't look like Red-t., having a loral patch that though not very distinct, still looks more so than on Red-t., which has a deep buff one. Also it seems to lack any buff tones in the underparts and above all has the wrong type of eye-ring to my mind - in Red-t. it's thinner and pretty much uniform in width, though being buffy can disappear above the eye. Finally it seems to be to show a faint but definite sub-moustachial stripe, which A. Brown has but Red-t. doesn't.
You just can't see the coloration of the bill very well, but there's nothing there to exclude Asian Brown. In fact in the first shot it looks to be the right shape for AB i.e. particularly wide at the base.
I can't see any feature to suggest it might be any other species.
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Re: Flycatcher? 這是甚麼鶲?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 8th, 2006, 1:25pm » |
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Hi Mike, thanks a lot for your detailed explanation. I think next time when I see one, I can identify it by looking at the features you mentioned.
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