tags: Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis, photographed in Denmark. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Roger Tidman/ RSPB.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Family Guy, S07E02 'I Dream of Jesus':
Peter: Brian, can I see that paper for a sec?
(Brian gives Peter the paper. Peter peruses the paper.)
Peter: Huh... that's odd... I thought that would big news.
It looks like a warbler/vireo of some type so based on that I suspect it might be a whitethroat, perhaps Sylvia communis, because of the rufous on the wing. I'm not completely sure though (maybe 70% sure?) as there may be other European birds that look similar.
I would go for a whitethroat, too. I think the female is the only warbler with a brown head, reddish wings and white throat (the male has a grey head).
Erithacus Rubecula female
Head-body shape looks wrong for a robin (E. rubecula), and primaries don't project the way a robin's would, and I thought females still had the frontal red. But what do I know...my only views of a European Robin are from the opening and closing sequences of Winged Migration. :)
It's certainly a warbler (bill shape) but I don't have a European bird book so I can't be specific to species. The size of the bird is a hint as well - it appears smaller than a robin.