If you venture online, you should see variants of Mangrove Warbler regarding the amount of red on the head, hence my use of the word.I can't really see reddish head markings. I'd say ssp aestiva. "Classic" mangrove warbler would have an obvious reddish head
That's Caribbean islands though, isn't it? Not one of the 3 commonly encountered forms on YucatanThere's also Golden Warbler (petechia subspecies group) to consider... IMO this picture on its own looks ambiguous. Are there more images of this bird?
only on Cozumel island which has 2 distinct and likely endemic forms (I'm unsure what the status of the most recently described one is): the "golden warbler" subspecies there is rufivertex. This group/species is otherwise only on Caribbean islands.A pic of a typical Mangrove type.
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Merlin indicates the Golden is also found in the Yucatan.
Still not seeing pronounced reddish tones: certainly not as compared with the chest streaking. I think lighting explains what you're seeing.Here's another pic, essentially the same view. You can see red streaks on the throat and lores and behind the eye.
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Thank you. I searched and found varying amounts of red as you indicated.If you venture online, you should see variants of Mangrove Warbler regarding the amount of red on the head, hence my use of the word.
Disagree. I think the OP's description...Still not seeing pronounced reddish tones: certainly not as compared with the chest streaking. I think lighting explains what you're seeing.
...is perfectly fair - ditto for the first photo - allowing of course for (sadly common) misuse of the word 'red' when the colour is actually rufous.You can see red streaks on the throat and lores and behind the eye.
IMO the second picture shows that it's pigment and not lighting related. I'd expect individuals from the aestiva complex to have a more yellow head with less dark "staining", but I'm not an expert on the taxon.Still not seeing pronounced reddish tones: certainly not as compared with the chest streaking. I think lighting explains what you're seeing.