No it wouldn't be the first record for Satin Flycatcher for the Top End.
I've a record from Douglas Hot Springs, July 1988, and there's another from
Anbangbang Billabong, Kakadu mid-1991 (Annotated List of Birds of the Top
End, Thompson & Goodfellow, 1989).
Also there's an unattributed note in the Annotated List (could be Estbergs,
Hertog or McKean): 'glossy plumaged birds were reasonably abundant on
Bathurst and Melville Islands Dec 91-Jan 92' and the author thought they
were Satin Flycatchers not Leadens. This note throws up the difficulty of
identifying this species from Leaden. I saw my bird in the middle of
monsoon vine-thicket, but luckily, in good light. I've seen a few since
then that might have been Satins, but conditions often preclude accurate
identification.
Denise
on 29/8/10 1:56 PM, Jeff Davies at wrote:
> G'day John,
>
> I think your stating the obvious about the distribution.
> Can you see anything about this bird that is wrong for Satin Flycatcher, I
> can't.
> Uniform satin blue/black, drooped down sides to breast demarcation, no pale
> edges to secondaries and dark under surface of tail.
> It may not be the first record.
>
> Cheers Jeff.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Penhallurick
> Sent: Sunday, 29 August 2010 1:43 PM
> To: 'Jeff Davies'; 'Mike Carter'; 'Tom Tarrant'; 'Birding-aus'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] 'Myiagra' Flycatcher
>
> Dear All,
> If it was a Satin Flycatcher it would be hundreds of miles west of its
> normal range.
>
> Dr John Penhallurick
> 86 Bingley Cres
> Fraser A.C.T. 2615
> Australia
> email:
> Phone: Home (612) 62585428
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> Please visit my website:http://www.worldbirdinfo.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Jeff Davies
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:07 PM
> To: 'Mike Carter'; 'Tom Tarrant'; 'Birding-aus'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] 'Myiagra' Flycatcher
>
> Could they be Satin Flycatchers. Cheers Jeff.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Mike Carter
> Sent: Sunday, 29 August 2010 9:27 AM
> To: Tom Tarrant; Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 'Myiagra' Flycatcher
>
> Tom, I suspect that this is just aberrant plumage or a colour morph as I
> have heard of birds like this before. For instance, Bill & Jack Moorhead had
>
> a bird more extensively blue near Bundaberg and I received photos of a
> wholly blue bird from Cape York.
>
> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
> Tel (03) 9787 7136
>
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