[obol] Re: report of western/eastern kingbird hybrid on e-bird

  • From: Bob Archer <rabican1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 08:58:29 -0700

https://ebird.org/checklist/S91152090

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On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 8:41 AM Darrel Faxon <t4c1x@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Did anybody else look at the photos on this e-bird report? I'm not
convinced. It appears to me to be a hatch year bird, and there are some
features of plumage that don't appear typical in comparison to the
illustrations in Sibley (dark flanks, for example) The slight suffusion of
yellow on the belly perhaps might give reason for the proposed
identification, but is it possible that is only a feature of juvenile
plumage in what appears to me to be otherwise a fairly typical Eastern
Kingbird?
Darrel

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