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A1 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022

Manfrotto Series 190

Berlebach Report 8013

GHFG1. 14 Dec 2021

WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024

Oriental Magpie-Robin

A familair balck and white chat. Head and upperparts black, contrasting with white upperparts from lower breast backwards. Also note white wing patch and outer tail. Female similar to male but with black parts replaced by slate-grey.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Male, A7R4 APS-C mode, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 5 Jan 2022

f6.3 1/320. @600mm, ISO 1000, 190XPROB/GHFG1

Female, A7R4 APS-C mode, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 31 Jan 2022

Female, f6.3 1/800. @600mm, ISO 4000, 190XPROB/GHFG1

Female, A7R4 APS-C mode, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 11 Feb 2022

Female, f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1000, 190XPROB/GHFG1

Female, A7R4 APS-C mode, MacRitchie Reservoir, 27 May 2022

f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 28 May 2024

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

White-rumped Shama

A long-tailed, black and orange chat. Head, back, wings and tail dark glossy black, broken by large patch on rump and uppertail coverts. Belly to undertail rufous-orange. Female similar to male but with black parts replaced by dark grey, with rufous lining to wing feathers. Young birds mostly brown on upperparts wiht buff speckling.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah