confirm ID request - Blue-Headed Vireo? - Round Rock, TX, US (1 Viewer)

erisian.pope

very amateur

• Sep 21, 2011

• #1

I think this is a good match to another picture I posted a few weeks ago. I see strong white eye-rings, strong wingbars that seem to continue fully across the back. Overall color pattern looks good to me.

Did I get it right?

 

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erisian.pope

very amateur

• Sep 21, 2011

• #2

Here is a second bird that looks very similar. Also shot today, but a few minutes later and in a different tree in the same area.

Is this the same as the bird above? Wingbar pattern looks the same but the eye-ring looks weaker.

 

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• Sep 21, 2011

• #3

It's an Empidomax flycatcher of some sort, but which one is harder to say.

Edit: Second picture looks quite good for Least Flycatcher - short bill, bold and complete eye ring, short primary projection.

 

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csanchez7

Well-known member

• Sep 21, 2011

• #4

It is an Empidonax flycatcher. Quite a bold eye-ring...

Another point towards Least Flycatcher is the dark coloration at the tip of the lower mandible.

Carlos

 

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erisian.pope

very amateur

• Sep 21, 2011

• #5

Here's another shot of the first bird, with the head inclined towards me. I am not sure if this presents any additional detail. There are highly-out-of-focus branches/leaves between the camera and the bird causing a lot of haze. I've also included a shot with the bird more fully facing away from the camera although I am pretty sure this isn't very useful.

 

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erisian.pope

very amateur

• Sep 21, 2011

• #6

What are the chances that first bird in original post and second bird in second post are the same bird?

All subsequent shots are of the first bird.

 

erisian.pope

very amateur

• Sep 21, 2011

• #7

Ok, two more pictures. These are of the second bird (possibly Least Flycatcher).

EDIT: beak-color changes dramatically, I assume due to the bird being more and less in the sun...

 

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erisian.pope

very amateur

• Sep 22, 2011

• #8

In case I see more of these birds today I am planning on trying to photo a more frontal view. Are there any other details that would be useful for ID that I could try to focus on?