Every summer I go to the Andes of Venezeula (the state of Merida), and I see tons of birds, many of which I am able to identify (if over a while). However, these Myiozetetes flycatchers I keep seeing have me stumped. I'm not sure if I'm seeing both Rusty-margined (cayanensis) and Social (similis), or if I'm seeing one or the other. Whenever I try to ID one, I end up running into some characteristics from one species, and some from another- for example, I've seen several individuals with both red-orange crests and rusty wing-edgings. Another problem is that they all have VERY wide black strips acros their eye and cheek- much wider than showed in the new Birds of Venezuela book.
I'll try to put the pictures in my gallery... but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. It appears to be lacking a simple sort of "add" option...
I'll try to put the pictures in my gallery... but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. It appears to be lacking a simple sort of "add" option...