wdickson

24.01.2007 Tsuen Wan Tso Kung Tam

Could it be a Arctic Warbler? Not really sure it is the right time for it.

Sorry for the poor quality!

tmichael

I'd be very interested to hear what people say about this bird.

I've twice this month seen birds like this, at Ho Chung and Tai Po Kau.

I assume this bird had clearly plain tertials.

The wingbar seems a bit thicker than on the birds I saw.

This bird does seem to have an Arctic-like bill, but I must say that didn't occur to me as a possible ID with the birds I saw - they were rounder and smaller, and though they had a similar supercilium to this (not reaching the bill) I thought they were perhaps Greenish, until I saw the Ho Chung bird had a distinct rear crown stripe, at least as strong as you ever see on a Yellow-browed.

Mike Turnbull

cchristina

Dear Mike and all,

I also saw that bird as the same time with Dickson. Here is the photo that i took for it. Hope it can help you all to identify the bird. Thanks.

Christina

lpaul

Looks like a typical Yellow-browed Warbler to me (allowing for wear).  Note especailly the dark base to the greater coverts and the dark 'bar' below the greater coverts (formed by the green fringes to the outer webs of the primaries stopping short of the greater coverts) which adds to the contrast in the wing which is not shown by Arctic, Greenish, Hume's etc.  The greater covert wing bar is also extremely broad - broader than Arctic and Greenish would ever show, even in very fresh plumage.