Mansur Al Fahad sent me an e-mail recently
saying his friend Mohammad Al Mohatrish photographed a Red-breasted Flycatcher
type bird east of Zufi in an area of small acacia trees. It is difficult to
tell much from the photos but the date would make it more likely to be a Taiga
Flycatcher recently split from Red-breasted Flycatcher but good views of the
tail, underparts and tertial edges would be needed for positive identification.
Hopefully Mohammad can go back and look again as Taiga Flycatcher would be a
new species for Saudi Arabia. Mohammed has kindly allowed me to use his photos
of the bird on my website for which I thank him and I also thank Mansur for letting
me know about the bird.
