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  1. Valéry Schollaert

    North American Empidonax wintering in Latin America - potentially a rare species

    It is raining now but, when weather allows, I will go back there to try more pictures and listen the calls.
  2. Valéry Schollaert

    North American Empidonax wintering in Latin America - potentially a rare species

    Regarding THE FERN's comment on the poor lighting, I thought interesting to show an Acadian Flycatcher wintering on the same bit of forest (at Loma Merchán, Bucaramanga, Colombia, at 1150 meters ASL).
  3. Valéry Schollaert

    North American Empidonax wintering in Latin America - potentially a rare species

    Only three Empid are regular here : Alder, Willow and Acadian. I see Willow everyday, Acadian almost as many times, Alder is a bit rarer. I noticed this individual immediately for its small size and rounded aspect, in addition to clear eye-ring (unlike both "Traill's") and whitish wing bar on...
  4. Valéry Schollaert

    North American Empidonax wintering in Latin America - potentially a rare species

    Yes I did. As it is potentially a new for Colombia, at least continental (it might occur on San Andrés), I need strong confirmation. Lower mandible is all pale (no dark tip), that's my first issue. The tail looks longer on my photos because of the angle, it didn't look long in the field.
  5. Valéry Schollaert

    North American Empidonax wintering in Latin America - potentially a rare species

    Thank you very much for your comment. Least Flycatcher would be a new species here, so we will need several confirmations before publishing, but your input is interesting. Let's see what others think.
  6. Valéry Schollaert

    North American Empidonax wintering in Latin America - potentially a rare species

    Hi all, I hope you guys don't mind, I prefer not to tell for now where precisely is the photo from, because it would limit too much the range of possible species. I wish you can take all possible migrants (wings are clearly long) in account. It didn't call, unfortunately. A "wave" a migrants...
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