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Siberian Stonechat - ssp Variegatus (aka ssp hemprichii)

Siberian Stonechat - ssp Variegatus (aka ssp hemprichii) - Adult male non-breeding

Photographer

» Thomas Varto Nielsen

Location

» Jemma Valley

Country image taken

» Ethiopia

Date

» September, 2013

Equipment

» Canon 1D mk IV + 300/2,8 with 1,4 TC

Bird Species

»Saxicola maurus - Siberian Stonechat

Bird Species (French)

»Tarier de Sibérie

Bird Family

»Muscicapidae - Chats, Flycatchers, Robins, Wheatears, Akalats, Rock Thrushes, Palm Thrushes,Redstarts

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Most probably ssp variegatus (which will change name to ssp hemprichii in future? And ssp armenicus will then be ssp variegatus. Very confusing). This bird appeared to have less white in tail than would be expected for Variegatus - but still more than should be possible for ssp armenicus (half tail appeared white - but this is difficult to judge in field. Very poor photos shows at least half white tail in flight. The bird appeared overall a little paler in the field than on this picture

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