Mexico, unknown bird, January 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Bitis]

Hello,

at first: sorry for the bad pictures! I know that it probably will be impossible to ID this bird, but maybe somebody has a guess (I thought maybe Pine Siskin?).

Seen at the edge of a mountain forest (about 3000 m asl), January 31st 2023, Santuario de la Mariposa Monarca - Piedra Herrada.

Thanks!

 

[THE_FERN]

Seems to have double wing bar. That and bill shape wrong for pine siskin. Get warbler impression. However, I couldn't make much of your images. Apart from this just seems to have dark primaries, perhaps tail tip. Possible candidates include blackpoll, bay-breasted and pine warbler. None of these are very likely at that location, but perhaps pine is possible.

 

[Bitis]

Seems to have double wing bar. That and bill shape wrong for pine siskin. Get warbler impression. However, I couldn't make much of your images. Apart from this just seems to have dark primaries, perhaps tail tip. Possible candidates include blackpoll, bay-breasted and pine warbler. None of these are very likely at that location, but perhaps pine is possible.

Thank you very much for your analysis! I will leave it as unidentifiable but probably one of these warblers.

 

[Indobirder]

No idea how likely, but my thought on seeing the first picture was Yellow-rumped Warbler as it Seems to have a yellow throat (?)

 

[THE_FERN]

No idea how likely, but my thought on seeing the first picture was Yellow-rumped Warbler as it Seems to have a yellow throat (?)

Another possibility, as is hermit warbler. I don't honestly think we can get beyond warbler sp.

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

The oval shape of the pale chin spot is perfect for the local subspecies of Aubudon's Warbler (Setophaga auduboni nigrifrons) and exclude Hermit Warbler IMO.

 

[THE_FERN]

The oval shape of the pale chin spot is perfect for the local subspecies of Aubudon's Warbler (Setophaga auduboni nigrifrons) and exclude Hermit Warbler IMO.

Could be. I don't trust that that patch is real. My first impression wasn't yellow-rumped warbler although that species should be common enough there.

On my brief visit there in December I only saw hermit warbler (of the species mentioned in this thread)

 

[Muppit17]

Could be. I don't trust that that patch is real. My first impression wasn't yellow-rumped warbler although that species should be common enough there.

On my brief visit there in December I only saw hermit warbler (of the species mentioned in this thread)

I have been going annually at the end of Jan for the last three years. Audubon's is by far the commonest warbler.

Hermit is regular but never seen Pine, bay-breasted or Blackpoll.

 

[Bitis]

Thank you all!