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Author: louislee Time: 26/12/2012 15:15 Subject: ID - Long Valley birds

Are they the followings ?

I have provided the motivation for my guess.

1) Yellow-browed warbler
Lower bill colour is yellow
Leg colour
Presence of yellow brow

Flickr 上 grey999hk 的 _MG_0933

2) Common greenshank
Very slightly upward-pointing bill shape
Pale grey colour of head and neck
White underpart

Flickr 上 grey999hk 的 _MG_1389

3) Red-throated pipit
Pale pattern of the head
Coarse black streaks on the back

Flickr 上 grey999hk 的 _MG_0986

Flickr 上 grey999hk 的 _MG_0977

4) Plain prinia
Brow extends beyond back of its eye
Tail length is almost equivalent to body length

Flickr 上 grey999hk 的 _MG_1314

All seen at LV, 2012.12.24, morning

Author: tmichael Time: 26/12/2012 19:40

Your ids seem correct to me except for the first one.

I suggest you focus on the facts that it has no wing-bars and has a brownish tone above. I think the supercilium is creamy (but there again it isn't really yellow on Yellow-browed!).

Author: louislee Time: 27/12/2012 12:08

Thanks !

So perhaps the first one is a dusky warbler due to the lack of wingbar ?

Author: tmichael Time: 27/12/2012 19:14

Yes, it looks like a Dusky Warbler to me.

You might want to listen out for the call these birds make - a very distinctive 'tack'.

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