Mexico - Summer Tanager? (1 Viewer)

[jurek]

Photographed in Mexico in a collection of native birds. At first I thought it is just a Canary, but the bill seems too long and wrong shape. I lean towards a partially albino native bird.

 

[THE_FERN]

"collection of" so not wild..?

 

[Andy Adcock]

"collection of" so not wild..?

Indeed, the forum states that this site is for discussion of wild, not captive birds.

 

[qwerty5]

At any rate, I can't make that bill look right for Summer Tanager

 

[THE_FERN]

For me bill is too fuzzy to make suggestion

 

[THE_FERN]

Indeed, the forum states that this site is for discussion of wild, not captive birds.

Personally, I've no objection to id-ing captives. Presume the restriction is a practical one---to rule out the many hybrids and varieties which make id difficult in the captive world (as here?)

 

[James Lowther]

Personally, I've no objection to id-ing captives. Presume the restriction is a practical one---to rule out the many hybrids and varieties which make id difficult in the captive world (as here?)

I think the restriction is to prevent discussion of aviculture topics.

However like you I think ID requests for captive birds are not harmful to the integrity of the forum

James

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Personally, I've no objection to id-ing captives. Presume the restriction is a practical one---to rule out the many hybrids and varieties which make id difficult in the captive world (as here?)

No bird should be captive. On my groups, photos of captive birds are forbidden, this is in hope people would realize they do something wrong visiting zoos or "collections".

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

I think the restriction is to prevent discussion of aviculture topics.

However like you I think ID requests for captive birds are not harmful to the integrity of the forum

James

Being captive is harmful to the integrity of the birds...

 

[THE_FERN]

No bird should be captive. On my groups, photos of captive birds are forbidden, this is in hope people would realize they do something wrong visiting zoos or "collections".

A different point, off topic