Date: 9/20/25 4:57 pm
From: lavin_fara via groups.io <pdunten...>
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Dark-sided Flycatcher identification confirmed
Paul Holt writes . . .

"Yes it certain is a Siberian Flycatcher – small, largely dark bill; folded primaries reaching as far as the tip of the longest uppertail coverts but no further; rather retarded moult with still a few juvenile feathers on its rear head, nape, lower back and uppertail coverts (Asian Brown almost never show so many retained juvenile feathers in their upperparts, Grey-streaked very rarely) – but that said it is surprisingly advanced for a first calendar year bird.

If any more was needed the dark centres to its undertail coverts are diagnostic for Siberian Fly.

Brilliant - & superbly well documented."

Best wishes, Pete Dunten / Mountain View


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