C.T.

Look like a Dusky warbler but with some difference.

Jonathmartinez

was it taken in HK, if yes date and place would be welcome.
not a Dusky warbler

C.T.

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Original posted by Jonathmartinez at 24/12/2013 21:09
was it taken in HK, if yes date and place would be welcome.
not a Dusky warbler

In Macau 24Dec2013. Thanks!

Jonathmartinez

It looks like a Syke's / Booted Warbler to me, and I would said I have a preference for Syke's Warbler, because of the overall structure and upperpart color, but more pictures and opinion from other would be welcome to confirm it.
They are usually more easy to separate when seing them rather than on picture.

It is in both case a very good bird for the region, as far as I know a first for Macau, and the Avifauna of Hong Kong mentions two sighting of Syke's in HK. Very good find.

All the best,

Jonathan

tgraham

I would also go for Sykes but agree we need a couple more shoots to be sure.

Graham

C.T.

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Original posted by Jonathmartinez at 24/12/2013 22:40
It looks like a Syke's / Booted Warbler to me, and I would said I have a preference for Syke's Warbler, because of the overall structure and upperpart color, but more pictures and opinion from other w ...

Thanks for your reply. One more picture for you to confirm.

Jonathmartinez

quite short primary projection with only 5 primary tips visible, add to poorly contrasted tertials. I'll go for Syke's ,but stand ready to be corrected...

atbohemia

好似同日我在龍環葡韻側見到的,
好像是橄欖綠色的?但這個看來是淺褐色的...

lpaul

For me this is a Booted Warbler.  The bill is not long enough and the bird lacks the long sloping forehead of Syke's.  The tail is also too short.  The plumage has too much contrast with dark tertial centers, alula and primary tips.  The dark tip to the lower mandible favours Booted, as does the rather long super, but most significantly there appears to be a thin dark line above the supercilium which Syke's never shows.  I always think that Syke's looks structurally like an acrocephalus and Booted more like a phylloscopus and that this bird does not look at all like like an acro.

An excellent record and great photos; well done!