Rusty-tailed Flycatcher?

[Arka Sarkar]

The attached images are of the same individual seen this morning at Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary Kolkata. A single bird perched on a twig for about 20 secs before flying off. No calls were heard. It has been suggested that this is a Rusty-tailed Flycatcher which would be a new record for the city and surrounding areas. The only suspicion arises from its rather dark breast which seems darker than other Rusty-tailed images on the internet. Identification help will be sppreciated. 

I hate to bother experts with such poor images, but the short duration for which it remained in sight and unfavorable light made it difficult to get better ones.

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Regards,

Arka S

[Sumit]

Hi Arka,

I am inclined towards Rusty-tailed based on structure, plumage and pale lower mandible.. It is shown to be on spring passage in Rasmussen along central West Bengal and can presumably occur in our area at this time.

Let us wait and see if others agree.

Regards,

Sumit

Sumit K Sen
Kolkata, India
www.kolkatabirds.com
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[Saurabh Sawant]

Same here, although I have no idea of it's distribution / occurrence from the region.

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[Abhijit Menon-Sen]

At 2010-04-11 22:29:42 +0530, sarka...@gmail.com wrote:
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> The attached images are of the same individual seen this morning at
> Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary Kolkata.

Looks fine for Rusty-tailed Flycatcher.

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