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id of this bird photographed cayo coco cuba la sagra flycatcher? (1 Viewer)
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arthurgrosset
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It looks to me like La Sagra's Flycatcher but difficult to be absolutely certain from this photo
La Sagra's flycatcher is a myiarchus; the only other myiarchus that should be on Cuba is great crested flycatcher, which is a rare migrant which occur between September and April. You did not write when the picture was taken, but the timing might help.
Other clues (from Raffaele et al.): La Sagra has a tendency of perching at an angle of 45 dg instead of nearly erect. Voice is a short whistled huit, if singing a two-syllable tra-hee. Similar species: crescent-eyed pewee is smaller and has a characteristic white eye-spot (several other pewee's and flycatchers occur as rare to very rare migrants). Cuban Solitaire is close as well, but from the picture I don't think that is what this is.
HTH
Niels
Other clues (from Raffaele et al.): La Sagra has a tendency of perching at an angle of 45 dg instead of nearly erect. Voice is a short whistled huit, if singing a two-syllable tra-hee. Similar species: crescent-eyed pewee is smaller and has a characteristic white eye-spot (several other pewee's and flycatchers occur as rare to very rare migrants). Cuban Solitaire is close as well, but from the picture I don't think that is what this is.
HTH
Niels