Whinchat
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The whinchat is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in t
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Adult female Chemnitz, Germany
Adult female, Uganda
Juvenile whinchat
Supercilium
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The supercilium is a plumage feature found on the heads of some bird species. It is a stripe that runs from the base of the bird's beak above its eye, finishing somewhere towards the rear of the bird'
Whinchat
…one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Both sexes have a strong supercilium, brownish upper parts mottled darker, a pale throat and breast, a pale buff to whitish belly, and a blackish tail with white bases to the outer tail…
The whinchat has a prominent white supercilium.
The Canada warbler shows a yellow supraloral.
The broad-billed sandpiper has a split supercilium,
as does the jack snipe.