Kingbird / Flycatcher - Dominican Republic (1 Viewer)

Peter Withers

formerly tubbtubby

• Aug 10, 2009

• #1

Hi guys,

I cannot be definate about this one? I thought it was a flycatcher (juvenile pos) and was smaller than the Grey Kingbirds. There were a family of about 4-5 of these sheltering regularly under a tree canopy.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

PS. Bavaro, Dom Rep - July 2009, Bahia Principe Resort.

 

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Eduardo Amengual

• Aug 10, 2009

• #2

It has to be a Gray Kingbird. The outer primaries look juvenile, maybe young birds are slightly yellowy and the vegetation gave a stronger tone to the pic.

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• Aug 10, 2009

• #3

Agreed

 

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Mark Andrews

• Aug 10, 2009

• #4

Me too.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Aug 11, 2009

• #5

It is a Gray Kingbird.

 

njlarsen

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• Aug 11, 2009

• #6

That was my take on this one as well. I have seen several grey kingbird that gave the impression of having yellow undersides.

Niels

 

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Jim M.

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• Aug 11, 2009

• #7

njlarsen said:

That was my take on this one as well. I have seen several grey kingbird that gave the impression of having yellow undersides.

Niels

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Hmmm. Have never seen that in the U.S. Perhaps a Caribbean variant?

Jim

 

njlarsen

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• Aug 11, 2009

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J. Moore said:

Hmmm. Have never seen that in the U.S. Perhaps a Caribbean variant?

Jim

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I did not mean to say that they would have looked yellow if transferred to neutral light (because I am not sure about that), just that they looked yellow in the light that happened to hit them. I think that I somewhere have pictures of one that showed that the camera also thought it was yellow.

Niels

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Aug 11, 2009

• #9

One early September day in the USA I saw a Gray Kingbird flying above the trees that had a light yellow wash over much of the underparts. I later checked specimens at a large museum and found that some juveniles have that feature.