subbuteo

This is a very vibrant blue- what a beautiful bird.  Could this be a pale blue flycatcher?  I ask because the breast appears grey and the area before the eye (lore) very light.  Isn't this area normally darker in a veridter?  The beak looks too small for Pale Blue though after looking at OBC images.  

Dylan

[ Last edited by subbuteo at 14/02/2013 22:41 ]

subbuteo

I thought you'd be trawling the verditer images again!  You're right, it is that time of year.

Just saw these photos

This bird looks very similar- I have always seen verditer to be have a strong greenish tinge but I think I have only seen them above the canopy or out in the open.  Perhaps the filtered light in forest gives them a more blue tinge.   The bird in the link also seems to have a stouter shorter bill than the pale blue flycatcher images online.

However, here is another which looks very similar but is claimed as Pale Blue!

Dylan

[ Last edited by subbuteo at 15/02/2013 06:08 ]

subbuteo

Spoilsport.  :-)

I agree on structure, especially on the beak, but it is lovely pale blue!  

Dylan

Ps I did try searching for the old threads before posting but I find the search on here very fickle. It didn't bring up those threads. Thanks, John.