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Panama ID Please (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter MichaelSH
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Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Plain-coloured?
Well that's recorded there but the bill is all wrong. Also, I think the yellow underparts might actually be real and not a photo artefact. [I'm less clear about the wing "mark"]. I was wondering if it's actually a tanager-type thing like a honeycreeper which I'd not considered [not a honeycreeper, clearly...]. I think it'd be good to double-check location.
Thank you all for your interest. I have been back to the exif on this picture which might be of the Tanager family and from the date and time (9 a.m. om 15th May) it is probably somewhere around the Canopy Tower area (Later that morning I photographed the Miraflores Locks). Hope this helps.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
You may well be right about the bill, but it is an odd angle, and it may look 'thicker' if seen from the side. It's also possible to find images of Plain-coloured Tanager on a Google search that show a similar yellow wash to the lower underparts. Whether this is age or lighting related I don't know, and whether or not the images are correctly identified I don't know either!
I haven't been to Panama, so don't know the sites or the options btw
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
If I've found the right area on ebird it looks like there aren't that many tanagers reported. Plain-coloured is one of them, but also could female-type Scarlet-thighed Dacnis be a possibility?
Is this the only image you have?
Is this the only image you have?
No reconsidered. I think it must be plain-coloured tanager after all. Can't find anything which fits better. Pretty sure not a dacnis.
AveryBartels
Well-known member
Second image is indeed a Plain-colored Tanager, bill is too short for honeycreeper, too stubby (with small hook) for Dacnis. I think the apparent yellow on the lower belly is just a reflection off the foliage/artifact of the light.
