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  1. raymie

    Most misidentified birds in your area

    To be fair, the two species look SO similar and there are few sources that discuss their range limits. Do they overlap at all? I literally don't know. I suppose I should ask you: the wood-rails I saw in La Fortuna would have been Russet-naped, correct? And the ones at Hacienda Baru would have...
  2. raymie

    Most misidentified birds in your area

    Also pretty sure the vast majority of eBird records of Mallard (Domestic Type) from my area are actually just wild-type Mallards.
  3. raymie

    Most misidentified birds in your area

    In my area you simply cannot trust eBird observations of Purple Finch. Purple Finches are very uncommon here (but certainly around), but misidentified House Finches on eBird make them appear fairly common. There were a few escaped African Collared-Doves that happened to be hanging out a...
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