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  1. opisska

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    Great info, thanks! I tried to look for the Peruvian Martin, but I never was there so early in the morning.
  2. opisska

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    In hindsight, I should have researched that better before going, for example by asking here :) The problem is that on e-bird, this is a hidden species, so my quick scan for locations for each of the 29 target species I had made me basically skip this one. Well, I will probably have to go to...
  3. opisska

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    https://abcbirds.org/bird/chilean-woodstar/ "Agriculture, with its introduced plants and water demands, has radically changed this habitat, and now only around 3 percent of its original native vegetation remains. As a result, the woodstar has disappeared from two of the valleys that formerly...
  4. opisska

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    I would add that I found an article claiming that Chilean Woodstar is now extinct everywhere except the Camarones valley, which should in principle make the ID easy (and explain the general lack of clear Woodstars in Azapa).
  5. opisska

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    Thanks for the reply! The third hummingbird indeed could be Oasis, I just took it from my wife who looked through the pictures for the best candidates without really checking. It does lack the clear orange band on rump, but it still looks quite Oasis-ly. I guess the miner being Puna makes...
  6. opisska

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    I searched through every Polylepsis woodland around, but found no more Thick-billed Siskin candidates. What I did found though are other confusing birds :) 1-3: Sanctuario de las Picaflores, Azapa valley. There was a lot of hummingbirds, but I haven't found any Chilean Woodstar males, so I had...
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