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Menetries's Warbler
Syliva mystacea mystacea

(Above) Irkaya Farm, Qatar, 23 February 2014

S. m. mystacea has a salmon pink to brick red throat (visible in these images) contrasting with obvious white moustache, while S. m. rubescens has a pale whitish throat with little or no pink tinge in adult male birds.

 

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