Brown-crested or Nutting's Flycatcher (1 Viewer)

[49bentley]

Can someone please identify these pics? Taken in Tamarindo Costa Rica in March. I can't tell the difference between Brown-crested or Nutting's Flycatcher.
Thanks
Chris

 

[tom baxter]

I’d vote for Nutting’s but none of the photos are clinchers as far as I can tell. The bill seems a little small and the rufous colors on the primaries seem to extend to the secondaries, but the way the wing is laying obscures this a bit.

 

[49bentley]

Thanks Tom.

 

[49bentley]

Pic 1, 2, 3 are different birds. Pic 3-4-5 I believe are the same bird.

 

[njlarsen]

There are several other options in the area. I think second image is more in line with Great creasted, and if the tail underside of image four is shown correctly in the image, then it would be more likely for Dusky-capped than any of the others.

Niels

 

[49bentley]

Thanks Niels, but pic 2 the lower mandible is black.

 

[njlarsen]

Thanks Niels, but pic 2 the lower mandible is black.

There is a pink area at the base, even though it is not very large. Overall the bird seems very grey.

Niels

 

[49bentley]

Thanks Niels.