From: "Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" <callanafrica@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-01-01 13:27
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] mis ID in Nature paper [1 Attachment]
Hi Olivier,

Thanks for the paper.

The bird in Fig 1(c) looks good for Pale Flycatcher though, it's correct.  African Grey Flyc has a bigger eye and head, with more distinct crown streaking, and a paler grey feather colouration.

Callan




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On 01 Jan 2016, at 8:28 AM, Olivier olivier.hamerlynck@wanadoo.fr [kenyabirdsnet] wrote:

 

There is an interesting paper in Nature on bird colouration

 

Dale, J., Dey, C. J., Delhey, K., Kempenaers, B., & Valcu, M. (2015). The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration. Nature.

downloadable from

http://www3.nd.edu/…/Dale_et_al_Nature_2015_Bird_Plumage.pdf

 

but it would seem that the ID of the the Bradornis Flycatcher in Figure 1c is erronous. The white throat and the fine streaking on the crown suggest African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus

 

I attach what we think is a genuine Pale Flycatcher

 

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