Many-colored Rush Tyrant M/F? Peru,South America (1 Viewer)

jonsund · Nov 22, 2017

Images captured late October, 2017 while visiting pantanos de villa, Peru. Think this might be a female but would like some help with the ID

Andy Adcock · Nov 22, 2017

Birds of Peru, Schulenberg et al, doesn't differentiate between the sexes, suggesting that they are alike?

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mjh73 · Nov 22, 2017

This is the race in western Peru, libertatis, that has whiter underparts and finer supercilium stripe.

Andy Adcock · Nov 22, 2017

mjh73 said:
This is the race in western Peru, libertatis, that has whiter underparts and finer supercilium stripe.

But still not sexually dimorphic?

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mjh73 · Nov 22, 2017

The females are slightly less bright - I'm not sure how useful that is unless you have a M/F pair in front of you!

Andy Adcock · Nov 22, 2017

mjh73 said:
The females are slightly less bright - I'm not sure how useful that is unless you have a M/F pair in front of you!

From what I can see on Google where pairs are shown, the females may have a less red undertail?

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