Ronaldo

I believe this is a juvenile or female Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher. Can anyone confirm? Thanks

Shek Kong

Ronaldo

the ventrals seem much too dark and there is a whitish gorget. I also thought about that first, but started to doubt, due to the breast color.

Ronaldo

Please see the following picture of the breast. Seems weird for a red-breasted...

Ronaldo

I compare it to http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... Family_ID=&p=16

Ronaldo

I found this picture of red-throated which would match the ones I took...
http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... Family_ID=&p=13
but still find it a bit confusing, as a white or red throat is one feature of the bird which is described in field guides, and which this bird doesn't have...
Anyway, that's why I was asking for confirmation... Thanks

Ronaldo

These are natural colors from my camera, no modification or enhancement of any sort and no cropping, which is why I got confused myself... Also the behaviour was slightly different from what I observed usually for taiga flycatcher (no constant hopping of the tail and staying quite high in the trees). However, I only saw the bird for 30 seconds or so, as it was very active and left quickly.