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A few Trinidad IDs. (1 Viewer)

Drevni

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I have a few last IDs from Trinidad that I need some help IDing, and all help is greatly appreciated as always! These were all taken near the Pax Guesthouse.

1. I've darkened the image a bit so that the details could show a little better. It clearly has 5 fingers, and nothing seems to match that in my book, so I was stumped here.

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2.
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3.
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4. Although this looks a bit like a White-lined Tanager, I do not believe I saw any white on it at all.
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Thank you all in advance!
 
My thoughts...........

1 - not sure but looks like Hook-billed Hawk ??
2- Yellow-olive Flycatcher
3- White-chested Emerald
4- Blue-black Grassquit
 
I think the first is a zonetailed. They are more often seen with back-swept hand, but it looks on the photos in the gallery like there would be five primaries if folded out like this.

Niels
 
I'd agree with Sinaloa and Niels that #1 is a Zone-tailed Hawk based on head shape, wings held in a dihedral, and white band(s) on tail. This is a regular resident at Pax and often flies close overhead. The only other black hawk here with a narrow white tail band is the common Black-Hawk, but this is a much heavier looking bird with wider wings and held flat in flight.

#2 looks more like an Ochre-bellied Flycatcher to me. Doesn't have that heavy bill and head nor the light eye of the Yellow-olive Flycatcher. Also the Yellow-olive has an all dark bill and this bird has a flesh/orangish colored lower mandible.

#3 agree White-chested Emerald

#4 agree with Blue-black grassquit
 
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