Help! Small bird seen at Cock of the Rock area in Peru August 14, 2022 (1 Viewer)

[GladysJo]

Please help me id this small bird seen in the Manu Road and Cock of the Rock area on August 14, 2022.

 

[Gander]

Yellow-Olive Flycatcher maybe?

 

[James Lowther]

Looks like Leptopogon spp - Inca flycatcher?
James

P.s. exact location on manu road could help with ID as most species occur in a narrow altitudinal band

 

[GladysJo]

I believe this was taken between Wayquecha and Cock of the Rock, but can't be sure as my photos don't give a pin drop. I will consider it an Inca Flycatcher. Thanks so much!

 

[GladysJo]

Or what about Slaty-capped Flycatcher...seems he has a similar range, same area...?

 

[Jacana]

Slaty-capped is the standard Leptopogon at Cock-of-the-Rock. They do overlap someway above there though. I suggest Slaty-capped for this one as there isn't as much tawny/buffy colouration on it as I'd expect for Inca.

 

[James Lowther]

Slaty-capped is the standard Leptopogon at Cock-of-the-Rock. They do overlap someway above there though. I suggest Slaty-capped for this one as there isn't as much tawny/buffy colouration on it as I'd expect for Inca.

I’ve got no ID expertise re: the two species but Wayquecha is 35km uphill of COTR at an elevation of 2900m so I don’t think location can help with the ID in this case as the possible elevation range is so large; near COTR more likely slaty-capped, near Wayquecha more likely Inca FC
Cheers
James

 

[Jacana]

True, elevation should never be used as a defining feature, birds can and do move quite far out of their reported ranges on occasion (e.g. I saw Gould's Jewelfront >2000m and Andean Goose at 400m in Manu!!). Regardless, this bird doesn't have the warm, tawny tones I associate with Inca.

Leptopogon have some fun elevational boundaries. I did fieldwork on the Manu road back in 2014. We had ringing stations at Wayqechua, Cock-of-the-Rock and Pantiacolla. I spent less time at the upper elevations than others so I don't recall the capture data as well, but I'm not sure we ever caught Inca at CotR. At Pantiacolla we only caught Slaty-capped on the ridge >800m, below that I think it was almost entirely Sepia-capped.

 

[THE_FERN]

Fwiw, not Inca fly for me

 

[James Lowther]

True, elevation should never be used as a defining feature, birds can and do move quite far out of their reported ranges on occasion (e.g. I saw Gould's Jewelfront >2000m and Andean Goose at 400m in Manu!!). Regardless, this bird doesn't have the warm, tawny tones I associate with Inca.

Leptopogon have some fun elevational boundaries. I did fieldwork on the Manu road back in 2014. We had ringing stations at Wayqechua, Cock-of-the-Rock and Pantiacolla. I spent less time at the upper elevations than others so I don't recall the capture data as well, but I'm not sure we ever caught Inca at CotR. At Pantiacolla we only caught Slaty-capped on the ridge >800m, below that I think it was almost entirely Sepia-capped.

I actually meant the possible elevation of the photo itself was very large rather than the species elevation ranges. OP says it was (probably) taken between Wayquecha (2900m) and COTR (1500m).
Happy to defer to others though that it looks more like a Slaty-capped.
Cheers
James