David - the relatively large eye with ring, bill shape and dark legs suggest a female Daurian Redstart (common winter visitor) . As so often happens with photos, this one fails to show the main diagnostic
feature, the white wing patch, but I think I can just make out a trace of that. no other pics?
From: David
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Sent: Sunday, 27 November 2016 10:52 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] ID of bird in Japan - male bird
I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Japan. Not a lot of birds but some nice viewing – many good observations of the impressive Grey Heron.
But this lovely passerine I watched on the island of Naoshima in the inland sea, I am unable to identify. Any ideas? Pictures of male and female (second email) attached.
Incidentally, when I returned to Sydney, I travelled up to the North Shore to collect my car from my daughter’s place, still in an overnight-travel haze (me, not the car), and the first bird I am aware of is, firstly the unearthly call,
then a good fly-over of a Channel-billed Cuckoo. That perked me up for the rest of the day.
David Rosalky
