Cuban ID's 4 (1 Viewer)

Jonny721

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• Mar 12, 2013

• #1

My Dad has just got back from a weeks charity trek in Cuba and whilst he was there he took several photos of birds he saw. I need help with some of the ID's.

These are the last 5 shots and as you can tell aren't the best quality, hence i'm not expecting ID's for all of them!



Cheers Jonny

 

njlarsen

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• Mar 12, 2013

• #2

2 Loggerhead Kingbird, 3 Redlegged Thrush, 4 Bananaquit

1 is flycatcher, probably a Myiarchus sp, 5 a warbler but not sure which

Niels

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 12, 2013

• #3

Surely 4 is a Black-throated Blue-Warbler

 

Microtus

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• Mar 12, 2013

• #4

4 Black-throated Blue
5 I think is a Palm Warbler

 

njlarsen

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• Mar 13, 2013

• #5

Interesting example of seeing what you (in this case me) expects: the bill even looked downcurved and very bq-like until I zoomed in a lot. I did not expect a warbler hopping around on a table, bq does that all the time.

Looking in the book when I came home, I am not sure of the flycatcher but it could be a Great Crested on a winter visit?

Niels

 

Dave 2x

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• Mar 13, 2013

• #6

First one looks like a Cuban Pewee...can just about see the white crescent behind the eye.

 

Peter C.

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• Mar 13, 2013

• #7

Agree with Cuban Pewee for #1, and Palm Warbler for #5.

If that truly is a warbler in #4, it is exhibiting the oddest behaviour I've ever seen in the species! And that "handkerchief" in the wing is enormous, even for an AHY (oldish) male B-t Blue.

But I just came back from Tobago (which is positively infested with Banaquits), and they sure don't look like that ... what does a brand-new fledged Banaquit look like?

Peter C.

 

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njlarsen

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• Mar 13, 2013

• #8

Bananaquits are quite divergent geographically. To get close, here is one from Jamaica: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=341592

The op bird when zooming in looks better for a warbler than just looking at the pic without zooming. One thing contra BQ is the white on the bend of the wing (around the Alula), but the primary spot would be OK.

Niels

 

Jonny721

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• Mar 13, 2013

• #9

So we have Cuban Peewee, Loggerhead Kingbird, Redlegged Thrush and Palm Warbler. My first reaction to 4 was also BTBW although as you say the picture isn't great, he did take another (worse) shot of this bird, will post it tomorrow incase it can provide anything extra to the ID

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 13, 2013

• #10

Don't worry Jonny, it's a BTBW - have had them feeding out of my hand in Jamaica

 

Peter C.

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• Mar 14, 2013

• #11

birdboybowley said:

Don't worry Jonny, it's a BTBW - have had them feeding out of my hand in Jamaica

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That's very interesting - what an experience that would be! What were they eating?

Peter C.

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 14, 2013

• #12

Mashed up fruits - at Rockland's Bird Sanctuary, wonderful place!