Is this a MacGillivray's Warbler in Panama? (1 Viewer)

[jmepler]

Having recently hosted a MacGillivray's Warbler in Pennsylvania there has been some discussion on our listserv about this bird.

It just doesn't look right to me, particularly the light iris. Maybe it is the eye influencing me, but it seems more like a vireo of some sort.

What do you think?

Mike

 

[KenM]

Presumably a 1st Winter female Magnolia Warbler has been discounted?

Cheers

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Presumably a 1st Winter female Magnolia Warbler has been discounted?

Cheers

I was thinking magnolia, too. The dark collar with a yellow throat makes me wonder about MacGillivray's.

 

[Tiraya]

Magnolia is normally the sort you see and you instantly recognize. But this one isn't giving that vibe.

The pale eye isn't exactly typical for Macgillivray's or Mourning? Or Magnolia for that matter. But it has to be one of these three, if not a South American species.

 

[Reuven_M]

Certainly not a Magnolia, shape and plumage are very wrong for that species.
It looks just like a Macgillivray's besides the slightly paler eye, so I'd be very surprised if it wasn't one.

 

[Birdingcraft]

This looks more like a female Mourning to me because it has yellowish lores, a yellowish throat, and broken breast band as opposed to whitish lores and throat of MacGillivray's. Interesting bird and always a tough call in any case!

 

[Birdingcraft]

Just read Jan Axel's comments though and he makes a fair argument for it being MacGillivray's.

 

[jmepler]

Some additional pictures at the Xenornis website can be seen here.

They certainly look better for Mac. The underside of the tail and undertail coverts are also clearly visible and definitely rule out Magnolia (if it is the same bird anyway).

Mike