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A few birds from Costa Rica III (1 Viewer)
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Andy Adcock
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1 Must be a female Black-crowned Antshrike?
2 Female Passerini's Tanager
3 Stripe-headed Sparrow
4 Spangle-cheeked Tanager
5 Tropical Parula
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2 Female Passerini's Tanager
3 Stripe-headed Sparrow
4 Spangle-cheeked Tanager
5 Tropical Parula
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Compare no 1 to this one http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=391000 (different name for the same thing)
I think Andy is right with the rest
Niels
I think Andy is right with the rest
Niels
Little SuperBirder
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The first looks like a vireo to me. Where exactly in Costa Rica was it photographed?
Andy Adcock
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Jose Ramon
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Latitude: 10° 9' 2.57" N
Longitude: 85° 2' 53.00" W
Altitude: 64,55 metres
Finca La Ensenada, Abangaritos, Puntarenas Province
Jose Ramon
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Andy Adcock
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I'm pretty sure it's Black-crowned Antshrike which is also called Western Slaty Antshrike.
There is simply nothing else it can be?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=w...lpPUAhVpKMAKHe4TD6sQ_AUIBigB&biw=1366&bih=633
I also attached one I found in someones blog from Panama.
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There is simply nothing else it can be?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=w...lpPUAhVpKMAKHe4TD6sQ_AUIBigB&biw=1366&bih=633
I also attached one I found in someones blog from Panama.
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Andy Adcock
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What are the options?
I agree that the wing bars are uniform, not spotted as I might expect but the white edges to the secondaries make options very limited.
Blue-headed Vireo, bill is too big and that doesn't have the warm crown and the Vireos all have obvious eye rings?
Female White-winged Becard is closest but no wing bars?
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I think it might be something that isn't illustrated quite right in the field guide. For example, the supraloral pattern is seen in several tyrannid flycatchers.
It might also be that the answer is you are right - and that the female antshrike is variable in these features.
Niels
It might also be that the answer is you are right - and that the female antshrike is variable in these features.
Niels
Andy Adcock
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Definitely agree with this (that it could be an antshrike), but the wing pattern just seems so wrong for that species. Looks pretty similar to a Mangrove Vireo IMO, but I could be wrong: http://www.wildaboutspain.com/uploads/1/3/8/8/13886304/9785-mangrove-vireo-small_orig.jpg
Andy Adcock
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Wow, that bill is nothing like the book!!!
I think you could be right, humble pie for dinner tonight, the big question, was it in mangroves?
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Jose Ramon
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I have been checking and it was in a small patch of manglar.
The coordinates that I posted were not completely accurate because my GPS lost reception when I got under the trees.
The real position is around 300 meters south.
Accurate position (from Google Earth)
Latitude: 10° 8' 55.84" N
Longitude: 85° 3' 2.10" W
Altitude: 10 meters
Finca La Ensenada, Abangaritos, Puntarenas Province
The coordinates that I posted were not completely accurate because my GPS lost reception when I got under the trees.
The real position is around 300 meters south.
Accurate position (from Google Earth)
Latitude: 10° 8' 55.84" N
Longitude: 85° 3' 2.10" W
Altitude: 10 meters
Finca La Ensenada, Abangaritos, Puntarenas Province
Andy Adcock
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That pretty much sorts it out, Mangrove Vireo it is but that bill!!!
If the bill had been tiny like shown in Garrigues, I wouldn't have insisted that it was an Antshrike.
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Birdingcraft
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Vireo is def. Mangrove- yes, the large appearance of the bill in close photos is always surprising.
Jose Ramon
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Thank you very much for your help!