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Common Redpoll

Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Обыкновенная чечетка
© Marina Merz



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author: Marina Merz
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date: 2019-12-02
equipment: Nikon7100 Объектив АF-S Nikkor 70-300mm


comments:
2019-12-03. Jochen:

Hornemanni! Nice find.


2019-12-03. Марина Мерц:

Спасибо,Jochen!


2019-12-03. Олег Белялов:

What signs of hornemanni are present in this photo? Bill? Color?


2019-12-04. Jochen:

Some field marks I consider good for hornemanni:
- the head looks quite uniform, with just a slight mark around the ear coverts
- the stripes at the side of the breast/belly are very thin and sharp, as if drawn with a very sharp pencil
- the greatest undertail cover is very pale, almost entirely white. The only dark markings are a very thin stripe (the feather shaft) and just a very slight shade of brown

If the undertail covert didn't show that very pale shade of brown, I think it would be quite clearly a hornemanni. This marking on the undertail covert is a bit inbetween flammea and hornemanni, but I lean towards hornemanni.



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