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    Woodstar from Cundinamarca, Colombia

    Hi everybody, I was in central Colombia last November and made a couple visits to the famous Jardin Encantado, west of Bogota. I was hoping for Gorgeted Woodstar, and the lovely owner pointed out a male with an incomplete gorget, but still clearly distinct from the White-bellied Woodstar that...
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    Unexpected snipe in cloud forest - central Peru

    Hi everybody, A friend of mine photographed this snipe at about 2000 meters elevation on the way to San Alberto in the Yanachaga Chemillén NP, in Pasco, central Peru. If I'm not mistaken, it's either Puna or Pantanal Snipe, which are the two smallish, white-bellied snipes in most of Peru, but...
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    Ucayali, Peru - local contacts and/or recommended spots?

    Hi everybody, Since I'm currently based in Peru, I'm slowly working towards my goal of birding in every one of Peru's regions! To that effect, I'll be taking a week-long trip to Ucayali with another friend in August. We'll be flying into and out of Pucallpa and probably will try to stay within...
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    Ficedula flycatchers from Crete, Greece

    Hi everybody, This afternoon I was hiking in the Rouvas gorge, in south-central Crete. In the lower part of the gorge, on the steep hillsides where a few pine trees grow amidst the rocks, I found a cracking male Collared Flycatcher (photo 1, no problem there). And then, 5 minutes later and 50...
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    Raptors, Tsavo West NP, Kenya

    Hi all, After seeing a number of posts with birds from Tsavo West on this forum over the years, it's now my turn! All of these were seen two weeks ago, in the northern part of the park, around Kilaguni Lodge. I'm uploading them all to inaturalist, but I figured I'd get confirmation from the...
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    Colombian Chocó (PNN Utria/Bahia Solano/Nuqui)?

    Hi everybody, I'm going to Colombia in a few weeks. I've spent a bit of time in the Andes already, and I'm planning on doing some lowland birding. I'll be spending a few days around Leticia, where I already have contacts. But, I'd also love to make it to the Chocó, and I've got my eye on the...
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    2 Thrushes from Madre de Dios (se Peru)

    Hi everybody, I've had very poor luck so far with the various species of thrushes that can be found in the Peruvian lowlands, and the only one I've seen with regularity is the Black-billed thrush, which is actually way more common at 1500-2000 masl than closer to sea level, at least where I...
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    White-chinned/Parkinson's Petrels, nw Peru, saturday

    Hi everybody, I went on a little pelagic outing off the coast of Piura, in northwestern Peru last saturday, and Procellaria Petrels were some of the most common birds around. Many were clearly White-chinned, with a fully pale bill tip, and very rarely a visible white chin (see photos 1-3)...
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    Possible Spotted Sandpiper? Madeira Island, this morning

    Hi everybody, and happy new year! I'm on Madeira this week, and while it's not in the same league as the Azores when it comes to American vagrants, I was keeping my eyes open for anything out of the ordinary. In particular, a Spotted Sandpiper has been reported on the island recently. I checked...
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    Warbler (?) from Maastricht, NL

    Hi everybody, A friend of mine took these photos near Maastricht (southern Netherlands) in mid-May, and with that angle and light, I'm just not sure what it is (chiffchaff? icterine?, something completely different and completely obvious?). What say the experts? As always, many thanks in...
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    Little brown job - Jakar, Bhutan - April

    Hi everybody, I've been uploading old photos to inaturalist and I stumbled upon this little warbler, which I saw skulking in shrubbery on the outskirts of Jakar, in central Bhutan (2500 masl). The date was April 26th. I remember being stumped by it at the time, eventually putting it down as a...
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    Golden plovers - Ebro delta, this morning

    Hi everybody, I was out in the Ebro Delta (the famous wetlands south of Barcelona) this morning. At some point I found these two plovers in the middle of a flock of lapwings. There has been a Pacific Golden Plover reported from the area for a while, and while I had no specific info (the last...
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    Swifts from Lanzarote, 16 sep

    Hi everybody, I just came back from the Canaries and I was hoping to gain some expert insight on these bloody swifts. I saw these on the golf course of Costa Teguise, a famous birding spot on Lanzarote. Two of these birds seemed quite slender, fairly pale, with long pointed wings and forked...
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    Small raptor from South Africa, late march

    Hi everybody, I've been uploading old photos to inaturalist, and one of my ids has been challenged. I saw this small raptor perched in a tree near Wilderness (Western Cape, South Africa) in late march of 2016. It was pretty obscured but I IDed it as Little Sparrowhawk. Now, someone has...
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    Accipiter from the Pyrenees

    Hi everybody, I saw this one in the Pyrenees a couple days ago, right on the western border between Andorra and Spain, about 2300 masl. I know that the rule of thumb is, if you have to ask, it's a sprawk, but it did seem quite big compared to the kestrel that was harassing it (see the second...
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    Strange-looking Red-backed Shrike? Southern France, 14 june

    Hi all I saw this shrike yesterday near Valensole (northeast of Marseille, in lavender country). Red-backed shrikes were plentiful on that dry plateau but this one looked a bit odd, with its partly grey back. I did a quick image search and didn't find one where I could see that. I realize it's...
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    Small dark falcon - south of France

    A couple days ago I was on the Crau plain of southern France, failing, as usual, to connect with the Sandgrouse... At some point, I spotted a small, dark falcon sitting on one of the stone piles. The heat haze was terrible and before I got very close, it took off in a low, fast flight, and I...
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    Swifts from southern France - yesterday

    Hi everybody I was watching a flock of swifts near the coast south of Béziers (France, Hérault) yesterday and a couple of birds seemed paler than the rest, so I tried to get some photos. The first photo is the one I'm most hopeful about being a good Pallid candidate (what with the pale fringes...
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    Long-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis) from northern Peru

    Hi, I saw this nightjar one morning at the famous Owlet Lodge, in Amazonas, northern Peru (a little over 2000 masl). I'd seen a Swallow-tailed Nightjar the night before so I assumed it was the same thing, but now looking at it on my laptop, the rufous nuchal collar and broad silvery brows, and...
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    Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers from Peruvian foothills

    Hi again, I still struggle with Xiphorhynchus, so I turn to the experts once again!. These were seen a few days apart in the Bosque de Protección San Matias San Carlos, a low range east of the main Andean chain in Pasco, central Peru. The first three photos are one bird, seen at about 1000...
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    Slender lowland raptor from central Peru

    Hi again, Here's one more from Paujil (Pasco, central Peru), about 400 masl, seen along a river just around sunset. I tried to get closer but the light failed rapidly and this was the best shot I managed. I suspect it's either an Accipiter or a Micrastur, which is frustrating as any of the...
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    Swifts from lowland Peru

    Hi, I photographed these near Puerto Bermudez, in far eastern Pasco, central Peru, around 250 masl. Based on the silhouette and well, what looks like a white chin (and lores in the case of the first photo), do these look good for White-chinned Swift? As far as I know, the species has not been...
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    Toucans from lowland Peru

    Y'all probably already know what this about, since there's only one species pair in Peru that could cause confusion! White-throated Toucan is very common in the lowlands of Paujil, with its calls echoing throughout the day. However, I've never really gotten the calls of the Channel-billed to...
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    Yanachaga Chemillén National Park, Peru

    Hi everybody, This is my first contribution of this kind, I hope you'll enjoy it, and maybe it will motivate some of you to go birding in this wonderful region! As some of you will have gathered from my various posts on the ID forum in the past months, I've been in Pasco, central Peru, since...
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    Pesky green manakins of central Peru

    It's me again, with yet another batch from El Paujil (eastern Pasco, 400 masl)! The undergrowth over there was hopping with manakins, though I never found a lek. The two common species were White-crowned and Blue-crowned. Males were unmistakable, of course, but the females were usually quite...
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