Ornithology has these things.
good friend Galician Xabi Varela, observed and photographed this wheatear on 2 November in Baldaio, his second home. At first it seemed strange, and hang the picture on his blog recently, the demigod of ornithology Daniel López Velasco, has argued in detail the true identity of the bird: a wheatear Oenanthe isabel isabellina that is the 3 rd record for Spain, if I remember correctly.
Oenanthe isabellina . Baldaio, Galicia. 3rd for Spain. Photo: Xabi Varela ©
I leave here the transcript of the reply message to Dani López Xabi . Enjoy this friends, is priceless:
---------------------------------------- ------ "... 1 - Structure: Although we have only one photo, the bird appears to be relatively large, robust, erect, with legs very, very long (more apartentemente longer than a northern wheatear, and that that is not the best position to evaluate), and a rather large head. This posture erect, and long-legged, is very typical isabellina and almost diagnosed.
2 º-Pico pretty big, long and robust, with a fairly steep and curved. In addition, longer peak in relation to northern wheatear Lords would be accentuated by black. In direct comparison with northern wheatear, that you said of the bill is quite clear, and clearly seen in the photo
3 º-primary projection rather short, shorter than o.oenanthe
4 º-Cola relatively short, but that. even so, projecting behind the primary (because these are also very short), which o.oenanthe. Therefore, the tip of the tail is quite off the ground, this was typical of isabellina,
5 º-general coloration pale very noticeable, which draws much attention and is one of the first things that makes them sound the alarm ....
There is a sandy color nearly uniform tops, with little details that contrast in the body.
6 º-EL Alula not look good for the posture of the bird, but we sense that is black, noting and contrasts sharply with the rest of the uppers and wing, sandy. The fall Wheatear marcadametne Alula also have dark, but because they are the centers of very black wing coverts, Alula feathers does not stand out much, unlike isabellina (which in this bird) This feature is very important to separate the two.
7 º "As I said in the previous point, almost no color contrast between the wings and back / mantle, because the centers of the cobs. this bird (both cobs. large and medium and small) are quite / very pale, giving the wing (except primary) uniformly very pale, very characteristic of isabellina. Wheatear There may seem somewhat pale, with brows isabellina type, but always centers coverts are very dark, contrasting much with pale edges, on the contrary that the bird in the photo. In general, the o.oenanthe the wing is darker than the back, and almost everything looks isabellina a similar color, which comes across very well in the photo of your critter.
8 º-Patron of the tertiary. Similar to the pattern of the coverts, the tertiary centers of the bug are contrasted the picture is not dark, but rather appear brownish, and do not include either much on the wing. Even ao.oenanthes In fall, centers cobs something paler than normal, the tertiary centers are usually always look very, very dark, contrasting a lot with pale edges, and too much contrast with the color of the mantle, in contrast to this bird . More importantly, the upper Tertiary has virtually nothing of the dark center, something almost isabelllina diagnosis! and that looks great in this position.
9 º "Very important too, the pattern of lighter superciliary supercilio.Lista (Whitish), evident and quite noticeable between the eye and beak, and much less marked, and colored sand, behind eye. There o.oenanthe with lists bastnte notorious white eyebrow, but in general, almost always the whitest area is behind the eye, and brownish area in front, in contrast to Isabel.
In this case also, the bird has a black list Loral very pronounced, suggesting that it is a male, and this list makes the eyebrow black above, white, highlight further .
So, to summarize, considering all these features, and even without seeing the exact pattern of the tail or bottom of the wings, in my opinion can be secured to one hundred percent, without any kind doubt that the bird is a Wheatear Isabel, probably male, the rest of wheatear, and above all a o.oenanthe totally discarded ... "
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