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  1. pbjosh

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    Yeah I don't really understand why it's a sensitive species. I really support the idea of protecting parrots and other birds that are most vulnerable to cagebird trapping (Red Siskin, Indonesian songbirds, some of the Seed-Finches in S America, etc), but I kind of have a hard time believing that...
  2. pbjosh

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    I agree, if that plate is accurate it would seem to your birds as being Peruvian Sheartail. As far as distribution of the Woodstar goes, I really don't know but I also am not sure anyone knows exactly. It is a bird that certainly needs and warrants further study. In the areas I've seen it, in...
  3. pbjosh

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    Do you have a link to the article? I was not aware of that claim and would sort of doubt it but I don't have any way to personally refute it either.
  4. pbjosh

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    Just to add some useful information, here's the relevant snippet of Alvaro's comments when we had a brief exchange about ID'ing these birds: "Most of the current id details are based on our book, and we had very little to go on (one specimen of a female). It seems that people think this...
  5. pbjosh

    Putre/Arica (N Chile) II

    On your hummers the first two look like they could well be Chilean Woodstar, with the pale panels in the tail. The third bird looks like it could be Oasis with broader rets, no pale panel, and some rufous tones on the back, but I wouldn't feel 100% about any of these. A couple comments on these...
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