ML611867274
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Two birds seen; one in exact same place as where found on 30 Nov (see https://ebird.org/checklist/S155460684), calling very typically. Then second bird found c100m further along. ID not at all straightforward. Seen closely along wall at top of back wood. Sound recorded. Bird looked broadly ok for Yellow-browed, including rather pale legs and certainly sounded like Yellow-browed. Sonogram is a (much?) closer match for Yellow-browed too, but is not the classic 'V' typical of almost all sonograms of the species - instead the descending first slash is missing. A typical sounding Hume's Warbler was present c150m away on the same day; the following day a typical sounding Hume's Warbler was present at exactly the same location - as per this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S155713118. Hence it is possible that this bird is an atypical sounding Hume's Warbler, rather than Yellow-browed. In the recording featured here, it was calling in response to playback of Hume's Warbler. Hume's Warbler is much more frequent in the UAE (scarce but regular wintering bird) than Yellow-browed (vagrant). Any comments or help gratefully received. Update (11 December 2023): 1 - fairly typical sounding Hume's Warbler found in the same spot the next day - see https://ebird.org/checklist/S155713118. 2 - two birds found in same place on 11 December - https://ebird.org/checklist/S156124482; lots of typical Hume's calls heard but also other calls rather similar to the one heard on 3 December. Two recordings made that day are presented at on the checklists. Views not good enough to all separation on plumage etc on any date, but my current thinking is, as noted at the end of above, but more strongly now, that the bird here is probably Hume's with an atypical call, rather than a Yellow-browed. For that reason this entry now switched to Hume's from Hume's / Yellow-browed Warbler.
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