lockbreeze926
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After extensive Fieldbook thumbing and Googling in speculation, I've managed to nail down (to my own satisfaction, anyway) most of the species encountered in Ecuador.
But not these...
1 is from June this year, in the Tandayapa Valley. I can't get close to an ID, beyond that it looks vaguely like a Leaftosser or Barbtail (although it's up on a wire in the rain), even a Pewee at a push but I don't like the lack of contrasting tones or that bill.
2 looks like an Empid or Contopus of some sort and it was taken in Feb/March (I forget where) so it could be a winter visitor.
3 should be a gimme, since it's in broad daylight for a change but I just can't find an illustration to match. Again, Feb/March, in Mindo and again it has a flycatcher vibe, but the round head...?
4 was taken at Bellavista in March and it seems to be in that Elaenia / Tyrannulet / Flycatcher / Pewee area, but it has a pretty big bill and a very rounded head (no tuft/crest).
Any suggestions/answers gratefully received (my excuse is the often-mysterious nature of the fieldbook, which suggests that the intensely turquoise-streaked Beryl-spangled Tanager roughly resembles a Starling).
But not these...
1 is from June this year, in the Tandayapa Valley. I can't get close to an ID, beyond that it looks vaguely like a Leaftosser or Barbtail (although it's up on a wire in the rain), even a Pewee at a push but I don't like the lack of contrasting tones or that bill.
2 looks like an Empid or Contopus of some sort and it was taken in Feb/March (I forget where) so it could be a winter visitor.
3 should be a gimme, since it's in broad daylight for a change but I just can't find an illustration to match. Again, Feb/March, in Mindo and again it has a flycatcher vibe, but the round head...?
4 was taken at Bellavista in March and it seems to be in that Elaenia / Tyrannulet / Flycatcher / Pewee area, but it has a pretty big bill and a very rounded head (no tuft/crest).
Any suggestions/answers gratefully received (my excuse is the often-mysterious nature of the fieldbook, which suggests that the intensely turquoise-streaked Beryl-spangled Tanager roughly resembles a Starling).