Argentina/Chile bird question #2 (of many) (1 Viewer)

adampaul

I believe in God, only I spell it N.A.T.U.R.E. - F

• Apr 8, 2008

• #1

4 more birds seen in the past 3 weeks in Argentina & Chile:

#1: Thought it was a Fire-eyed Diucon until I saw a definite Fe-D later on. This looks quite similar, but lacks the flame-red eye. Seen near Torres del Paine, Chile on 21 March

#2: Female Long-tailed Meadowlark (Loica Comun)? Also near Torres del Paine on 21 March.

#3: From Buenos Aires on 28 March. Pegged it as one of the stripey-headed Mockingbirds (Mockingbird ID post coming soon , but on looking at the photo the bill looks much too short for a Mockingbird

#4: From Costanera Sur, Buenos Aires on 3 April. No idea what this one is!

Thanks!
_Adam_

 

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Joern Lehmhus

Well-known member

• Apr 8, 2008

• #2

I think pic 2 shows a pipit species and pic 4 maybe some kind of wren, but without books i can´t go further and might even be wrong...

 

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Mark Andrews

• Apr 8, 2008

• #3

Adam,

1 - Dark-faced Ground Tyrant?
2 - its a Pipit, either Correndera or Short-billed probably the former.
3 - Chalk-browed Mockingbird
4 - One of the Wren's probably House Wren?

Regards

Mark

 

Rasmus Boegh

BF member

• Apr 8, 2008

• #4

#2 is a pipit look-alike; Austral Canastero. Mark is entirely right on the remaining.

 

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Mark Andrews

• Apr 8, 2008

• #5

Nice one Rasmus, 2 had me but I can now see the rufous base to the secondaries, thought the tertials were a bit long but fully in agreement now I've had a look at lit.

Mark

 

Illapa

Well-known member

• Apr 8, 2008

• #6

I think these are:
Fire-eyed Diucon
Correndera Pipit
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
House Wren

Grettings

 

adampaul

I believe in God, only I spell it N.A.T.U.R.E. - F

• Apr 9, 2008

• #7

Thanks much for the replies, folks!

Kind regards,
_Adam_

 

Rasmus Boegh

BF member

• Apr 9, 2008

• #8

Illapa said:

Fire-eyed Diucon

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Could perhaps be mistaken for a juv. (which lack the striking eye of the ad.), but notice e.g. tail versus wings.

Illapa said:

Correndera Pipit

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Notice tail structure & colours, mantle pattern (highly distinctive in Correndera, though Yellowish may show a superficially similar pattern), scapulars, lack of stripe below the eye, etc. I'd add that, while I certainly understand how the Austral Canastero could be confused with a pipit from this photo, they'd be far harder to confuse when seen in the field, where the canastero really gives a quite non-pipit like impression.