brown-crested flycatcher (1 Viewer)

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49bentley

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #1

Can someone please confirm this to be a brown-crested flycatcher? Taken in Tamarindo Costa Rica in March.
Thanks
Chris

 

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KenM

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #2

With the other confusion species being Ash-throated which I think this might be, as to my eye, a less robust bill than one might find on Brown-crested, also the habitat with the former preferring brushy wooded habitats rather than BCF preferring larger trees perching rarely in the open perhaps unlike your bird?

Cheers

 

Andy Adcock

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #3

KenM said:

With the other confusion species being Ash-throated which I think this might be, as to my eye, a less robust bill than one might find on Brown-crested, also the habitat with the former preferring brushy wooded habitats rather than BCF preferring larger trees perching rarely in the open perhaps unlike your bird?

Cheers

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Not in Costa Rica it's not...............

 

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49bentley

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #4

Thanks Andy and KenM.

 

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THE_FERN

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #5

andyadcock said:

Not in Costa Rica it's not...............

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No that's right great-crested is. Suspect this is brown-crested: dull greyish back, no extensive pink mandible base etc

 

Birdingcraft

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #6

Either that one or Nutting's. Suspect Brown-crested but since they both look so similar, without more views and/or hearing it, I don't feel comfortable giving a positive ID.

 

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49bentley

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #7

Thanks The Fern and Birdcraft.

 

KenM

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• Apr 17, 2020

• #8

andyadcock said:

Not in Costa Rica it's not...............

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......and there was me assuming it was shot in the US, when it clearly states Costa Rica.....slapped wrists for me. :-C

 

Andy Adcock

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• Apr 18, 2020

• #9

Birdingcraft said:

Either that one or Nutting's. Suspect Brown-crested but since they both look so similar, without more views and/or hearing it, I don't feel comfortable giving a positive ID.

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Nice to hear from you again Pat, hope you're well.