Cerulean Warblers - Trinidad - ID possible male (1 Viewer)

[rka]

Hi,

A single female has been returning frequently to the same tree in Trinidad for about 3 years. Today again, we saw the female (plate with 3 pics), but then noticed after examining pictures from a couple km away, a possible male (plate with 4 pics).

Appreciate if someone can confirm the ID of the bird (plate with 4 pics).

Also I shot a short video here:

https://youtu.be/r98Xq-Z_AbM

 

[KenM]

Yes a male, and thanks for sharing the video RKA!....a bird I’ve yet to catch up with properly, so far just a small black silhouette atop a 60’ tree “buzzing” away. :t:

Cheers

 

[Microtus]

Male Cerulean for sure.

 

[KenM]

Am I right in thinking that Cerulean Warbler is generally not known to regularly Winter in the Caribbean?

Cheers

 

[Nutcracker]

Am I right in thinking that Cerulean Warbler is generally not known to regularly Winter in the Caribbean?

Cheers

Mapped wintering range is from Trinidad / adjacent Venezuela, west to Panama, and south down the Andes to Bolivia - so Trinidad is right on the edge of the winter range :t:

 

[KenM]

Mapped wintering range is from Trinidad / adjacent Venezuela, west to Panama, and south down the Andes to Bolivia - so Trinidad is right on the edge of the winter range :t:

Cheers Nutty. :t:

 

[Andy Adcock]

Mapped wintering range is from Trinidad / adjacent Venezuela, west to Panama, and south down the Andes to Bolivia - so Trinidad is right on the edge of the winter range :t:

Not a common bird though, anywhere AFAIK and records in Trinidad will be pretty few and far between I think.

 

[rka]

Not a common bird though, anywhere AFAIK and records in Trinidad will be pretty few and far between I think.

Yes, not many records at all. Other than the returning female, haven't heard of other sightings for the past 2 or 3 years. Believe a different female and a male were spotted in previous years ( one in Tobago).

 

[Nutcracker]

IUCN map it as not quite reaching Trinidad, I guess that's more accurate than what I looked at before!

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22721740/153691320

 

[Chris Sharpe]

Cerulean Warbler is increasingly scarce further E along the Venezuelan Coastal Cordillera (of which Trinidad is an extension), and is decidedly rare in the easternmost Paria Peninsula. It occurs in the biogeographical West Indies as a rare passage migrant or vagrant only.