Wednesday 24 March 2004

PA borealis
FL borealis ?
Bermuda with Kiskadee
borealis kennicotti
borealis kennicotti 2
Bermuda
PA examinandus
PA examinandus 2
PA examinandus 3
 
Hegura examinandus
MG examinandus ??
 
borealis kennicotti Alaska
 
borealis kennicotti Alaska
 
 
Bermuda
Similarities with kennicotti above as I see them - appears rather slight and small in images (kennicotti is the smallest and shortest-winged of the complex and smaller-billed than borealis and described as 'much yellower below than autumn borealis' and having 'yellowish wash on the underparts' in Ticehurst), rather dome-shaped Greenish Warbler-like headshape, small-billed, dark legs and feet, rather diffusely marked eyestripe therefore lacking contrast, greyish shawl, fluffy white utc's, narrow pale tips to greater coverts. Sonograms of kennicotti (from Alaska) prove close matches with both call types given by the Bermuda individual.
 
examinandus? on Hegura
being the largest of the complex this individual exudes a hefty/hulking large individual conveying the appearance of many seen on Hegura. Bill looks huge in comparison to kennicotti and Bermuda birds portrayed above. Note also the broad solid dark and therefore far more contrasting eyestripe.