Juvenile Robin at Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen

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Claire Hamilton

Lion

Wow, this is a tough one! I would say this is a fledgeling as the beak does not seem fully formed ( the base still has that yellow part). Being all fluffed up does not help either! I am guessing at a warbler but I will keep looking! Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thank for helping out Claire, I totally think you're right that is a youngster. Holland's birds are well documented and this one not matching any of them visually must mean it is a youngster, or very likely so. Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Claire Hamilton
    
    Lion
    
    You are welcome! I guess you will have to go back in a couple of weeks to see if it has grown up into something identifiable :) Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Not a bad idea at all :) Posted 11 years ago
    2. 1. Lilygirl
        
        Lion
        
        I agree but still take a look at the Geelgors
        http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geelgors Posted 11 years ago
3. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  2 months later, but I found it. Surprisingly, this is a juvenile European Robin. I would have never figured this out myself, but it's a solid match, thanks to external help. Posted 10 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

@Lilygirl: that's indeed a suspect. The reason I do not think it is a Geelgors is because of its beak. Posted 11 years ago
1. Lilygirl
  
  Lion
  
  I couldn't quite tell the color of the beak but you are probably correct...the Yellow Hammer has more of an oval beak than that little pointy one in your picture. Posted 11 years ago
2. Lilygirl
  
  Lion
  
  I couldn't quite tell the color of the beak but you are probably correct...the Yellow Hammer has more of an oval beak than that little pointy one in your picture.
  
  Perhaps it is a Warbler of of sorts? Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago

morpheme

Lion

how about a juvenile/female yellow breasted bunting? stripes on the head and speckled breast seem to match…. but hmmmm it's a rare bird so that seems unlikely. I'm not sure the beak is quite the same. Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
1. Lilygirl
  
  Lion
  
  This is what I had originally thought...the Yellowhammer (Geelgors) is in the Bunting family, but Ferdy feels the beak would rule that out. Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    What morpheme is suggesting is actually the "Wilgengors", but you're right, the beak seems off for that one as well. Could the beak look so different in juveniles? Not sure... Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. Lilygirl
      
      Lion
      
      Well I think that you can rule out the yellowhammer. I looked at some pictures of the juvenile yellowhammers and if anything they have more dark feathers than the adults so they are not as yellow, and beaks are still like the adult yellowhammers. (Back to Claire's idea of warblers maybe).
      
      https://www.google.com/search?q=juvenile+yellowhammer&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=SqPoU4PfCcv_yQT38YHQCw&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=947
      Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
  3. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    2 months later, but I found it. Surprisingly, this is a juvenile European Robin. I would have never figured this out myself, but it's a solid match, thanks to external help. Posted 10 years ago

Lilygirl

Lion

I came across a picture of an Oriole last night which, if it wasn't for the COLOR of the beak, would almost be a match. (The shape of its beak is the same). Young ones maybe have lighter colored beaks?? Anyway take a look at this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=yellow+billed+oriole&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=p8L9U4znMcu_sQSTj4GAAg&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=947#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=oeE70inz8MdCBM%253A%3BWrc5O2VU_e_6NM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbirds.audubon.org%252Fsites%252Fdefault%252Ffiles%252Fimagecache%252Fbird-full%252Fspecies_images%252FHooded_Oriole_s52-13-261_l_1.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbirds.audubon.org%252Fbirds%252Fhooded-oriole%3B600%3B480 Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you Lily for the continued research. I agree that the eyes and overall color have a striking similarity, yet I see also differences, such as the beak, breast feathers and the color of the legs. If I would leave the location out of this, it could be a (close) match, but taken the location into account, the bird you suggest does not appear here in the Netherlands. Posted 11 years ago

The European Robin

The European robin, known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in the west and south of its range, and migratory in the north and east of its range where winters are harsher.

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