ausnic44 14 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 pictures taken this week along S/W Mississippi coast 1. Gray Kingbird IMG_2301 by haroldwebe, on Flickr IMG_2298 by haroldwebe, on Flickr 2. ??? IMG_2331 by haroldwebe, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akandula 2,804 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 1-2. Gray Kingbird confirmed. Note the dark face mask and light gray upperparts. Nice find! 3. Eastern Kingbird. It has a fully dark top of the head, unlike the Gray Kingbird. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Spencer 3,131 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 45 minutes ago, akandula said: 3. Eastern Kingbird. It has a fully dark top of the head, unlike the Gray Kingbird. What makes this an EAKI and not an Eastern Phoebe? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackburnian 1,181 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 59 minutes ago, akandula said: 1-2. Gray Kingbird confirmed. Note the dark face mask and light gray upperparts. Nice find! 3. Eastern Kingbird. It has a fully dark top of the head, unlike the Gray Kingbird. Agreed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,386 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 55 minutes ago, akandula said: 1-2. Gray Kingbird confirmed. Note the dark face mask and light gray upperparts. Nice find! 3. Eastern Kingbird. It has a fully dark top of the head, unlike the Gray Kingbird. Agreed. 9 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: What makes this an EAKI and not an Eastern Phoebe? Thanks. It just is, I don't know how to explain the difference. At least from anything you can see in this photo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Spencer 3,131 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I ask because most EAKI I've seen have more contrast between the dark parts and the light ones. Blacker black, whiter white with no streaking. I also don't see any white on the tail tip, although that could be due feather wear or the photo angle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akandula 2,804 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: I ask because most EAKI I've seen have more contrast between the dark parts and the light ones. Blacker black, whiter white with no streaking. I also don't see any white on the tail tip, although that could be due feather wear or the photo angle. Yes, there's some feather on the EAKI's tail. EAPH are just far more compact with daintier bills. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benjamin 764 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: What makes this an EAKI and not an Eastern Phoebe? Thanks. Along with the bill size/shape, there's structural differences between the two species- Eastern Phoebe, being a smaller bird overall has a more 'big-headed' appearance. Just that intuitive and unconscious comparison of head size to body allows me to immediately know that this is a Kingbird. Additionally, Phoebe would have, at the very least, some weak wing bars or white edges to the coverts. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Leukering 2,280 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: What makes this an EAKI and not an Eastern Phoebe? Thanks. Both of its parents were EAKIs. 😎 Seriously, though, Eastern Kingbird has a white malar area, Eastern Phoebe a dark one. 2 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Spencer 3,131 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Tony Leukering said: Seriously, though, Eastern Kingbird has a white malar area, Eastern Phoebe a dark one. Okay, there's something I can get my teeth into, better than relative comparisons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avery 714 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Hmm, seeing these pictures remind me of the Mockingbird post a week or so ago... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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