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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KnockerNorton" data-source="post: 1245609" data-attributes="member: 66452">JANJ, you seem to be entertaining the fact that the bird might be a BHG?If so, how can you explain the presence of dark areas on the back of the head, where BHG has no hood? I can't understand the problem with this bird - it looks just like a Bonaparte's except for the reddish bill. So it is a Bonaparte's with a reddish bill (whether that's real or an image artifact)? If it's a hybrid - what with? And why does it show no structural/plumage characters of any other speices? If it's a BHG, why does it have a small bill, dainty structure and a dark hood on the back of the neck? That's quite a collection of abberations for one individual. When you discount all other species based on plumage and structure, it only leaves Bonaparte's. And we also have a big question mark over the true redness of the entire bill. So I think we can safely identify the bird, but leave the question of the redness unanswered, rather than the question of the species.</blockquote>