We have just returned from Akumal (1.5 hours south of Cancun) and saw all these birds within a half mile of the coastline. Any suggestions on their I.D please?
James Lowther;921 could number 10 be a caribbean elaenia? James[/QUOTE said:I see Akumal is inside the known range for Caribbean Elaenia in Mexico so yes, it could be.
I´ve enhaced the pic a bit to get a better view of the bird. It looks to me more like a Yellow-olive Flycatcher now. Compare with this bird:
http://nhm.ku.edu/komar/imagegallery/montanona/hires/0a9e_018hires.jpg
Cheers
I agree with Motmots IDs. I cant say for sure what the mystery flycatcher is but I agree with Motmot that it looks more like Yellow-Olive Fly by posture by shape than an Elaenia sp.
Regarding Jason's Ids:
By range at least, N. Mockingbird is very unlikely.
Hammonds Fly is not as bright yellow (as at least my monitor shows), has more of a greyish or dusky wash on the chest and throat. Also, being an Empid., Hammonds has a slightly different shape- not as elongated and powerful as Tyrannus sp.. Tropical and Couch's Kingbirds do show a notched tail as this bird shows.
The Kiskadee type bird looks like a Great Kiskadee to me rather than Boat-billed Fly because it shows rufous in the wings (maybe its not showing up on your monitor?) and although it has a strong bill, it lacks the heavily curved culmen shown by Boat-billed Fly.
Hi Eduardo,
I finally received my copy of the Garrigues & Dean a few days ago. Very nice. Please thank Robert when you see him for giving us both a "plug" in the book credits. Very nice of him!