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Plain gray head, virtually no rufous on wings or tail, correct habitat and range... I think I can guess and I share your ID, Andy.

Thank you all for the replies, I will keep them as Nutting's, then. Ash-throated is not in my field guide, so I simply did not consider it. I saw others with a warmer brown crest and an all-black bill in the same region, which were certainly Brown-crested, a few rather distinct-looking...

I believe all these were taken in Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, northwestern Costa Rica, late february 2016. Are they all Nutting's Flycatchers ?

I am unable to find a better candidate here... I have a couple of pics of very similar looking birds and I made Yellow-bellied out of them too, but perhaps you have other ideas ? There are lots of pictures on the internet of alleged YBFC that look pretty washed out.

Can #2-3 be identified as Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ?

Thanks Andy, you are certainly right. Tiny Hawk would show barred vent, would it not ? I assume that the lack of rufous is due to the against the light picture. Thank you Ken & Butty - probably a Gray Hawk.

Prompted by recent threads about Costa Rica, I got back into old pics from february '16. These two raptors were seen at Irazu Volcano. I suspect Tiny Hawk for the second one (photos 2 & 3), whereas for the first one I have very little idea. It was flying quite high overhead.

Tough bird group indeed ! Taking the challenge again, mainly based on litterature rather than intimate experience I would say : #1 Mountain Elaenia #2 Tropical Pewee

With virtually zero experience in new world flycatchers I would say Tropical Pewee for #2 : orange lower mandible with dark tip and a slightly darker crown, but let's wait for other insights.

#1 looks quite good for Olive-striped Flycatcher

I agree with Joern, the bill shape is wrong for Marico Flycatcher IMO. Maricos have more regularly curved culmen, not too obvious though visible on your second picture, Andy. Also, would we not expect darker scapulars on a Marico FC ? Plus, I did not see shadow on the wing at first - which...

As for the bird in the background... without knowing Kenya's avifauna a wild guess : Reichard's Seedeater ? Or maybe some kind of sparrow...

It does look ok for arrow-marked Babbler, tropical Africa populations seem to be lighter in and around the eye than the southern Africa ones, so this is probably it.

I am no shearwater specialist but these look good for Scopoli's.

Agreed

I am quite certain that the chat is a familiar. Agree with other IDs.

Hi, this is a quite certainly a female Blackbird. It looks very reddish but this is certainly a photo artefact.

I am convinced now, this must have been a peregrine. Quite an unusual looking bird. Thank you all !

#2 : possibly Olive-backed Sunbird, though tail looks a bit long #3 is probably a swift #4 looks good for Besra Quentin

juvenile Hobby for me : way too slender for peregrine and juv. peregrine would show barred undertail coverts, wouldn't it ?

Always a tough matter... The jizz and black tibias are those of Great White Egret to me.

Lappet-faced for sure.

Thank you very much !

Thank you all for your replies. It was indeed in a small ditch with both reed and bushes, hence my post. Basically, which morphological criteria leads to reed warbler rather than marsh here ? General (back) colour with brownish sides ?

You are right, I should have written "2cy" rather than juvenile but this was basically what I meant ;-)