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(Message started by: Billman on Sep 15^th, 2006, 2:42pm)

Title: Unidentifly Bird.
Post by Billman on Sep 15^th, 2006, 2:42pm

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02-09-06 11:03
The Lake of Heaven, Tien Shan,天山天池
絲綢之路 The Silk Road
To all friends, please help me to define ,Thanks. :)

Title: Re: Unidentifly Bird.
Post by miket on Sep 15^th, 2006, 5:46pm

They are two different birds, of course.

The top one is a Stonechat, Common (Siberian), I think - it looks too warm above for White-tailed Saxicola leucura, which may be in Xinjiang - I'm not sure. Is Hodgson's S. insignis there? If so the white on what I think are the primary coverts may be relevant as Hodgson's shows this feature.

The second bird is a pipit. This one is quite easy I think - it's in a tree so it is a Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis, which again I'm assuming has a Xinjiang distribution. For me it doesn't show any features to make it any other species, and the bill is too heavy looking for Meadow A. pratensis.

Again look forward to hearing other views.

Mike Turnbull

Title: Re: Unidentifly Bird.
Post by Billman on Sep 19^th, 2006, 12:02pm

Thanks Mike for identification!
Bill