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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Buff-bellied? Pipit at Long Valley
        
(Message started by: geoff_welch on Dec 27^th, 2005, 10:15pm)

Title: Buff-bellied? Pipit at Long Valley
Post by geoff_welch on Dec 27^th, 2005, 10:15pm

http://www.geocities.com/geoffwelch46/BuffbelliedPipit1
http://www.geocities.com/geoffwelch46/BuffbelliedPipit2

Unusual pipit today at Long Valley. Size larger than Red-throated or Olive-backed, intermediate between these and Richard's. Unstreaked buff coloured belly and flanks, light streaking on throat and chin. Pale eyering incomplete at back. Dark mark just below eye and larger dark mark below that. Two pale wing bars. Back, mantle and scapulars mid brown (not olive) with medium streaking. Bill pale with dark tip (see photo 2). Is it Buff-bellied? Photos taken with ordinary digital camera.

Title: Re: Buff-bellied? Pipit at Long Valley
Post by gjcarey on Dec 28^th, 2005, 10:03am

Looks like Richard's Pipit to me. It's certainly not Buff-bellied.

Geoff