Thanks. About my input to this, it was passing on findings or
viewpoints from others (certainly not my ideas). I think I recall Graeme Chapman
had a good article in Wingspan some years ago that properly explained this idea
(or better than field guides and HANZAB does). Can someone find that? I'm not
going to trawl through them all now.
I will
try to save time and send a copy of this to him..........
The
difference is I think hard to interpret when the line appears rather
perpendicular. I can't tell from this. A couple photos in this case are not as
good as being there but I would still favour on borderline probabilities that it
is a Leaden.
Philip
I struggle with differentiating these
species. Philip Veerman kindly suggested a key difference is the line of
demarcation on the chest - with that line dipping down for Leadens and going the
other way for Satins. Yesterday I snapped this fellow on the lower SE slopes of
Mt.Ainslie - and as you can see, the line is pretty much straight. However,
there's a definite hint of "satiny blueness" about the head colouring, and in
the second picture the underside of the tail is blackish - one of the other
differentiating features according to my Simpson and Day guide. The calls were
also much more like the examples in the Morcombe iPhone/iPad guide.
(click on thumbnails for larger view)
I would welcome any opinions from more experienced
bird-watchers. If this is indeed a Satin Flycatchter I will be celebrating my
99th species photographed in the area (with some others seen/identified but not
yet photographed).
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Regards ... Robin Eckermann
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