Dan P Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Taken on 4-26-2021 in the late afternoon in a residential backyard in Glendale, CA. This is the first Kingbird I've seen in my backyard. And just when I thought I was getting good at identifying kingbirds, I'm questioning myself about this one. All photos are the same bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Looks like Western, though the white outer rectrices are not visible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Hasan said: Looks like Western, though the white outer rectrices are not visible. While this is true, this is definitely a WEKI due to the "plain winged" appearance, lacking the pale edging to the coverts seen in Cassin's/Couch's/Tropical. Additionally, CAKI have a darker gray head and contrastingly white throat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) 59 minutes ago, DLecy said: While this is true, this is definitely a WEKI due to the "plain winged" appearance, lacking the pale edging to the coverts seen in Cassin's/Couch's/Tropical. Additionally, CAKI have a darker gray head and contrastingly white throat. Right, I didn't mean to say I thought it wasn't a WEKI, because as you point out, it definitely is. Edited April 29, 2021 by Hasan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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