Thanks for posting this, Ian. I'm sure I'm not the only other person on
this list that did not know about this diagnostic feature.
> Telling male Leaden from Satin Flycatchers isn't normally an issue (and
> habitat alone is a pretty good clue locally, except during migration).
> The attached was in the NBG this arvo and steadfastly refused to turn
> side-on. The blueness of it had me fooled - it shouldn't be a Satin
> there and now, and it's not really dark enough, but....
>
> HANZAAB assured me it is a Leaden, for a reason I hadn't been aware of,
> and which none of Pizzey and K, Morcombe, or Simpson and Day show.
> Apparently the 'convex' line of the breast (ie curving down in the
> middle) is diagnostic, and opposite to that of Satin. Anyway, I thought
> it was interesting and worth risking boring all of you who already knew
> that, in case there are others apart from me who didn't know it.
>
> Hope your 2007 has started well.
>
> cheers
>
> Ian
>
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