NA Warbler on winter holiday (Ecuador) (1 Viewer)

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Feb 1, 2020

• #1

Ecuador, November.

Sorry for yet another terribly photographed bird. This one I was thinking Blackburnian based on the head pattern, but then the discussion in my other thread happened - https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=386141 - which made me look at the tail and so this looks like too much black at the tip? But surely this doesn't make sense for Cerulean by other features, right? So it's something complete different?

This is every photo of the bird that I have.

 

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Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Feb 1, 2020

• #2

The pale feet in #3 and the undertail pattern have me wondering Blackpoll Warbler after looking quickly at the Dunn & Garrett Warblers guide. Where in Ecuador were you?

 

KC Foggin

Very, very long time member

Supporter

• Feb 1, 2020

• #3

I'm thinking Yellow-rumped Warbler. Reverse side of the tail looks good. Here's a link to a bunch of views of the Warbler I'm guessing at.


https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/...020127.190966.1580589282-657257197.1572568148

 

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Feb 1, 2020

• #4

Shouldn't there be some yellow visible on a YRW? And isn't the facial pattern too much? I know that there are many forms (now even elevated to species by IOC) in YRW, but still, this looks weird to me. But I may be wrong.

This is taken around the Pacto Sumaco village, for birders it may be easiest to say that it's the area where Wildsumaco is

 

stuartelsom

Well-known member

• Feb 1, 2020

• #5

I think Microtus is correct. Blackpoll always appears short tailed, and certainly the two flight shots #3 and 4 show a very short tail, with white tail spots. Blackpoll seems most likely on these features.

Stu

 

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Feb 1, 2020

• #6

Great! After this July's not-so successful trip to see some warblers in the US, I am starting to think that Ecuador is a much better destination to see NA warblers

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Feb 1, 2020

• #7

I agree with Microtus, the under-tail and side breast streaking on a white base are somewhat reminiscent of Blackpoll Warbler.

Cheers

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Feb 2, 2020

• #8

The pale feet rule out Yellow-rumped Warbler, which has under 10 eBird records from Colombia (indeed, all of mainland South America) and no records from Ecuador. The short tail is another Blackpoll feature, as Stu pointed out.

 

pbjosh

missing the neotropics

• Feb 2, 2020

• #9

I would agree with Blackpoll Warbler. And as Microtus said, YR Warbler is a continental level mega for S America, and as yet unrecorded in Ecuador.