Myiarchus in Costa Rica (1 Viewer)

[akjackson1]

Needing some help on this Myiarchus sp. in Guanacaste, Costa Rica from this week. The picture and recording are of the same individual. It was fiercely responding to Nutting's playback, but I'm not certain the recording is necessarily a good match for Nutting's, but I'm not real sure. Great-crested and Brown-crested are both possible there as well.

Picture:

ML533956481 - Nutting's Flycatcher - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML533956481; © Adam Jackson; Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Recording:

ML533956701 - Nutting's Flycatcher - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML533956701; © Adam Jackson; Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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[Steve Lister]

Going by the photo I was thinking Ash-throated Flycatcher but I don't think that species extends as far south as Guanacaste.

 

[akjackson1]

Going by the photo I was thinking Ash-throated Flycatcher but I don't think that species extends as far south as Guanacaste.

Yeah Costa Rica doesn't have any Ash-throated records on eBird at all.

 

[guy_incognito]

This looks good for a Nutting's to me. Relatively short bill. The wing edging shows a nice gradation from red through yellow. The recording also looks very good for Nutting's. Compare to these recordings: Nutting's Flycatcher - Myiarchus nuttingi - Media Search - Macaulay Library and eBird

 

[THE_FERN]

This looks good for a Nutting's to me. Relatively short bill. The wing edging shows a nice gradation from red through yellow. The recording also looks very good for Nutting's. Compare to these recordings: Nutting's Flycatcher - Myiarchus nuttingi - Media Search - Macaulay Library and eBird

Also fairly dusky auriculars. Against this, the wing bars are quite bright and pronounced. It's either Nutting's or Brown-crested. My limited experience is that the latter is more inland in Western Costa Rica.

Yeah Costa Rica doesn't have any Ash-throated records on eBird at all.

Well I'm not sure why, perhaps my record was suppressed although I was never asked about it. I recorded it in Rincon de la Vieja. Vallely and Dyer's map shows it extending into W CR, Garrigues & Dean mention 2 records, most recent 2001.

[Edit: looking at my notes I said "verified by call". It's possible I photo'd the bird too]