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smallish Flycatcher, Nicaragua (1 Viewer)

tanagra

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Crested bird on 2nd set reminds me of the Great Crested Flycatcher I've seen in Florida, but smaller. On the small side, smaller in comparison to Tropical Kingbirds around.

First two pics are the same bird (first image I saturated the color to check better). Photographed near Tola, Rivas, Nicaragua in a roadside with small trees and bushes, some still bare from the dry conditions.

Last three are a different bird. Overgrown open area behind the Managua Best Western. Both birds looked about the same size.
 

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Due to lack of the exact books needed, I am not sure what is possible in your area. I feel the divider between grey and yellow is too far down the breast on those where I can see it for Dusky capped. Brown-created and Nuttings both look like possible for those. I am not sure about those where the front side is not really visible.

Niels
 
First bird was close to the Pacific in Rivas, the other more north in Managua. I would've been more familiar with the local birds, but only been in Nicaragua twice, for only a few days and only a few hours available for birding.

I searched a few species which are similar but all are larger. I estimate this one to be about Social Flycatcher size but with a slimmer body. But sizes can be tricky, I was looking at a pair of Tropical Kingbirds in Managua next to each other and one was visibly smaller than the other.
 
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