I have not seen one of those before, but my Simpson & Day tells me it is a "juvenile masked woodswallow", you tell me what you think it is?
thanks, M-L
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I did a Google search and it comes out to be pretty close to a juvenile woodswallow of some kind. Juv Masked Woodswallow would be your best bet considering the range of where they are found but I honestly am not sure.
Taz
Araminta, we have lots of young dusky woodswallows at the moment & I'd say they're more striped or striated on the front than the bird in your picture which seems to be mottled on the front. I'd also say that the masked woodswallow's bill depicted in Simpson & Day is slightly heavier than that of the other woodswallows. In comparing the rather robust bill in your photo with the pictures in S & D & the photos of juvenile dusky woodswallows I've taken lately I'd say your i.d. is right.
Have you seen any parents about?
Thanks Taz & Woko,I didn't see any parents, but there were 2 of these. I was a bit puzzled by the heavier beak, it almost looks like a Bowerbird's beak, and I had a feeling there was a nest in a tree they were in and around.I'm happy for it to be a dusky woodswallow though. M-L
M-L