Does anyone what bird this is? I found it in Quintana Roo, México (1 Viewer)

[Leo Santisteban]

I went on a trip to Leona Vicario, Q. Roo, Mexico, a few days ago. I found this bird, which according to Merlin is a Sulphur-rumped flycatcher. I don't think it is, because the head and beak patterns aren't exactly the same. It's also pretty rare, according to eBird, the chance of finding one the week I went there was about 0.5%, so yeah I think it's another species, but I don't know which one.

 

[Butty]

A spadebill - whichever one gets up that far. Stub-tailed spadebill presumably.

 

[THE_FERN]

A spadebill - whichever one gets up that far. Stub-tailed spadebill presumably.

Alas it's not that: face pattern is wrong and tail too long. It looks warbler-y to me I don't know the birds well enough to give a proper suggestion now: if time later I might try

 

[James Lowther]

Maybe female grey-throated chat

Grey-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) Female ©Flickr Jorge Montejo

Grey-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) Female ©Flickr Jorge Montejo

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James

 

[Leo Santisteban]

Maybe female grey-throated chat

Grey-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) Female ©Flickr Jorge Montejo

Grey-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) Female ©Flickr Jorge Montejo

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James

That was my initial thought, but then I discarded that option because of the lighter patch behind the eye, which female gray-throated chats lack.
Giving it a second look now though, I just noticed that males do have this patch, so perhaps it’s an immature male gray-throated chat, as immatures are often female-colored in many species. eBird doesn’t offer any photos of immature males but I’ll see if I can find some.

 

[Butty]

the lighter patch behind the eye

That'll be the lighter patch that gives it a face-pattern resembling a spadebill! But I'm sure that's fine for grey-throated chat - it's just the supercilium joining the area behind the ear coverts, and the feathers lying a bit different from the way that they are in the field guide and in that linked photo. Everything else fits fine - grey back, tail-length, etc.

 

[Leo Santisteban]

That'll be the lighter patch that gives it a face-pattern resembling a spadebill! But I'm sure that's fine for grey-throated chat - it's just the supercilium joining the area behind the ear coverts, and the feathers lying a bit different from the way that they are in the field guide and in that linked photo. Everything else fits fine - grey back, tail-length, etc.

Alright, I’ll ID it as a gray-throated chat then. Thank you!