HF Cheung Author: John Holmes Time: 4/11/2010 16:17
I'd say "First winter Yellow-breasted Bunting" - it looks a bit warmer in tone than Black-faced, to me.
John Author: tsheunglai Time: 4/11/2010 20:56 Subject: bunting i/d
what the photo shows indeed is a yellow-breasted bunting after exam the photos on OBI.
The crown is darkish-streaked it is not a female 1st winter but a 1st winter male.
S L Tai Author: msamuel Time: 4/11/2010 21:16
Thanks those who replied. Let me attach one more photo to see if it gives better clues. What puzzles me is that it is overall, and in particular the head, darker in color than yellow-breasted bunting that I know. It could be a yellow-breasted bunting as it was eating crops together with munias.
Author: kkoel Time: 4/11/2010 22:55
Adult female YB Buntings show a thinner "ear-ring" - perhaps that's why it looks lighter and brighter than the juveniles, which tend to show an accentuated ear-ring like this one...^^" Author: ajohn Time: 5/11/2010 08:47
It's a female Yellow-breasted Bunting. (I don't think there is enough white in the wing, chestnut on the rump or yellow below for a male)
Adults and first-winter birds are very difficult to separate in this species, even in the hand. I'm not sure if you can tell which this is from these photos. Author: kkoel Time: 5/11/2010 18:58
Thanks John for clarifying!
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