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    Video link: Pakaha meet Pakeha - kayaking alongside Fluttering Shearwaters

    Sounds cool! Sadly didn't see any Hutton's when I was in Kaikoura. It was in late fall, maybe that had to do with it. Gotta go back :)
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    Video link: Pakaha meet Pakeha - kayaking alongside Fluttering Shearwaters

    Hello, Here's a link to a video I posted on youtube. . I hope this isn't considered as spam. Admittedly I am doing this to help my channel get success. I am now in New Zealand at a coastal location and a several-thousand-strong flock of Fluttering Shearwaters Puffinus gavia, Pakaha in Maori...
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    Birds of Mexico

    For number 1: Cordilleran Flycatcher, which also winters in the are, is almost identical to Pacific-slope, and supposedly the 2 cannot be separated by sight, so I am afraid it will be impossible to know for sure.
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    Birds of Mexico

    For number 1: Yellow-bellied does not normally occur in Puerto Vallarta, though a vagrant has apparently been seen there. Furthermore the eye-ring is rather too large in back for Yellow-bellied, but are perfect for Pacific-slope/ Cordilleran. The white wing-bars speak in favor of yellow-bellied...
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    Birds of Mexico

    Just saw andrew c's post, and I think he is right (female White collared Seedeater). Bill is too short compared to head for Blue Grosbeak, and seems rounded. Also there are no visible rufous wing bars and darker wings overall, as in female BG; there is however a hint of whitish wingbars as in...
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    Birds of Mexico

    Ok I did a bit of searching and it seems that in the region the only thing displaying such a large bill and a mostly uniform brown plumage is a female Blue Grosbeak.
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    Birds of Mexico

    I would say Yellow Warbler immature
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    Birds of Mexico

    I would say: 1: Pacific slope Flycatcher (crest, eye-ring, rich color), 2,3,4: Willow Flycatcher (bill size, head shape, whitish below, grayish above) 5: Ash-throated Flycatcher (rather drab, mid-sized bill); or maybe some other Myiarchus
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    Birds of Mexico

    I would suggest Broad-billed Hummingbird for pictures 2 and 3, female and male respectively.
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    Canastero in NW Argentina

    Sorry I misread, Pearman it is. Anyway, thank you Phil, I will mention you if I contact him.
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    Canastero in NW Argentina

    Thanks again for the new replies. I had heard a lot about HBW but did not know of HBW alive, thank you Niels. However it seems you need a subscription to access the complete species accounts; I suppose I should consider subscribing. I do not blindly trust google images, but I do find they can...
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    Canastero in NW Argentina

    Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately the links don't really have much info on how to tell the two species apart. Regarding the chin patch, a google images search for the 2 canasteros clearly showed that both species can frequently show a chin patch, so this feature is clearly not at all...
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    Canastero in NW Argentina

    This is a Canastero I saw in June at Los Cardones NP at 3050 meters above sea level. To me it looks like Steinbach's Canastero Pseudasthenes steinbachi. However it seems that this species is easy to confuse with Rusty-vented Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi. What seems to me to be the most reliable...
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    Two old mystery birds

    I think the first and third birds are Hermit Thrushes. Swainson's Thrushes have yellowish (as opposed to white on Hermits) eye-rings and more prominent lores. The second bird looks like a House Wren; Winter Wrens have shorter tails.
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    Fairywrens

    I think you are right for both birds; don't see any blue on the wing coverts
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