No it wouldn’t be the first record for Satin Flycatcher for the Top End. I’ve a record from Douglas Hot Springs, July 1988, and there’s another from Anbangbang Billabong, Kakadu mid-1991 (Annotated List of Birds of the Top End, Thompson & Goodfellow, 1989).
Also there’s an unattributed note in the Annotated List (could be Estbergs, Hertog or McKean): ‘glossy plumaged birds were reasonably abundant on Bathurst and Melville Islands Dec 91-Jan 92’ and the author thought they were Satin Flycatchers not Leadens. This note throws up the difficulty of identifying this species from Leaden. I saw my bird in the middle of monsoon vine-thicket, but luckily, in good light. I’ve seen a few since then that might have been Satins, but conditions often preclude accurate identification. Denise
on 29/8/10 1:56 PM, Jeff Davies at jeff@jeffdavies.com.au wrote:
> G’day John, > > I think your stating the obvious about the distribution. > Can you see anything about this bird that is wrong for Satin Flycatcher, I > can’t. > Uniform satin blue/black, drooped down sides to breast demarcation, no pale > edges to secondaries and dark under surface of tail. > It may not be the first record. > > Cheers Jeff. > > > > —–Original Message—– > From: John Penhallurick [mailto:jpenhall@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: Sunday, 29 August 2010 1:43 PM > To: ‘Jeff Davies’; ‘Mike Carter’; ‘Tom Tarrant’; ‘Birding-aus’ > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] ‘Myiagra’ Flycatcher > > Dear All, > If it was a Satin Flycatcher it would be hundreds of miles west of its > normal range. > > Dr John Penhallurick > 86 Bingley Cres > Fraser A.C.T. 2615 > Australia > email:jpenhall@bigpond.net.au > Phone: Home (612) 62585428 > Mobile:0408585426 > Please visit my website:http://www.worldbirdinfo.net > > —–Original Message—– > From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Jeff Davies > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:07 PM > To: ‘Mike Carter’; ‘Tom Tarrant’; ‘Birding-aus’ > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] ‘Myiagra’ Flycatcher > > Could they be Satin Flycatchers. Cheers Jeff. > > > —–Original Message—– > From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Mike Carter > Sent: Sunday, 29 August 2010 9:27 AM > To: Tom Tarrant; Birding-aus > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] ‘Myiagra’ Flycatcher > > Tom, I suspect that this is just aberrant plumage or a colour morph as I > have heard of birds like this before. For instance, Bill & Jack Moorhead had > > a bird more extensively blue near Bundaberg and I received photos of a > wholly blue bird from Cape York. > > Mike Carter > 30 Canadian Bay Road > Mount Eliza VIC 3930 > Tel (03) 9787 7136 > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Tom Tarrant”
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