Iquitos, Peru (Amazon) need help with ID please (1 Viewer)

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ehowe14

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• Mar 31, 2020

• #1

Hello,

Apologies for the poor quality of these photos. I am attaching 2 photos of this bird, which I took in the Peruvian Amazon near Iquitos in July of last year. It appears to have blue on its head, with a black throat and white breast. Any ID help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

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THE_FERN

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Opus Editor

• Apr 1, 2020

• #2

ehowe14 said:

Hello,

Apologies for the poor quality of these photos. I am attaching 2 photos of this bird, which I took in the Peruvian Amazon near Iquitos in July of last year. It appears to have blue on its head, with a black throat and white breast. Any ID help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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It's late here and I'm probably overlooking something obvious... The closest I could get was white-winged swallow. I don't believe the blue in the image is real: some photographic artefact or even foliage. Ditto the apparent black throat. But I'll be interested to see what others think

 

njlarsen

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Opus Editor

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• Apr 1, 2020

• #3

As someone who has never been to that part of the world and do not have an Argentina field guide -- that was exactly my reaction.

Niels

 

pbjosh

missing the neotropics

• Apr 1, 2020

• #4

Agree it looks like a Swallow... and within that likely group, a White-winged seems a fair fit. Agreed the blue is certainly photo artifact. The black seems to be also but hard to be as confident.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Apr 1, 2020

• #5

W-w Swallow was my thought too.

 

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ehowe14

New member

• Apr 1, 2020

• #6

That makes a lot more sense. I appreciate your help!