[vsnet-chat 4262] Re: tangential... (blue flycatcher)

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 4260] tangential... (blue flycatcher)

   Should we rename the list name as vsnet-everything ;-)

> >You refer to "the Blue Flycatcher" in one of your VSNET postings, yet the
> >bird depicted on the homepage appears to be a 'composite' with the stance
> >of the Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane, and the general coloration
> >(especially the extensive black on the throat and breast) of the
> >Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana. Both birds occur in the
> >Japan area, and  I'm curious as to whether they are confused in reality.
> >
> Well, Dr Kato, are they ever confused with each other?

    The Siberian Blue Robin (the other Latin name is Erithacus cyane)
is a passenger species at this altitude of the lattitude of Kyoto
(they breed in moutains >1000m around here).  Yes, the posture of these
two birds are usually different.  The Blue-and-white Flycatcher usually
has a more upright stance, while the Siberian Blue Robin has a more
horizontal posture.  Well, I have learned from the author of the icon that
the "composite" was an unavoidable (at that time) deformation on a small
bitmap.  However, the coloration is as a whole correct, and photographs
on the page are purely of the Blue-and-white Flycatcher.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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