Olive bird with odd face in Trinidad (1 Viewer)

[isaac_a]

As the title says, this bird was spotted yesterday in Trinidad - in elevation on the northern side. It doesn't seem to match any bird in my Trinidad bird pack. As you can see, this is a roughly tanager-sized olive bird with an odd set of orange feathers (?) around its face.

https://imgur.com/a/pSgktVU

 

[njlarsen]

As the title says, this bird was spotted yesterday in Trinidad - in elevation on the northern side. It doesn't seem to match any bird in my Trinidad bird pack. As you can see, this is a roughly tanager-sized olive bird with an odd set of orange feathers (?) around its face.

https://imgur.com/a/pSgktVU

Odd one. I wonder if it could be a very young Tityra?
Niels

 

[KC Foggin]

Don't have a clue Isaac but I did want to barge in here to wish you a warm welcome to BirdForum. Enjoy!

 

[delia todd]

Hi survivalistd and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news. Sorry I can't be of any help at all with trying to identify your bird.

 

[AveryBartels]

Looks to be a Palm Tanager with some sort of growth on the face. The wing pattern is fairly distinct in that species and matches this bird

 

[Butty]

The wing pattern is fairly distinct in that species and matches this bird

Can't see any wing-pattern.

 

[isaac_a]

Thanks everyone for the welcome! I agree that the body (and beak) are good for palm tanager. The wing pattern - olive with darker primaries - works too. The overall color looks darker overall but not super far off.

If that were the bird, what could be happening on the face? The fact that it looks so symmetrical (and, well, "natural") makes me think it's not just some odd one-off growth

 

[rollingthunder]

When i saw the thread title I was expecting an old picture of Princess Margaret ;-)

Laurie -

 

[Butty]

I don't feel it's safe to be sure of anything with this single photo given that it's so fuzzy (no offence) and the bird is so obscured. The 'wing-pattern' could be shadow, the face stuff could be vegetation, the quality is just too low to be sure of bill-shape. It's one that got away.

 

[Richard Dale]

It's a palm tanager. The wing pattern is clear - there is some shadow at play, but only at the tip of the primaries and secondaries. Otherwise, the pale olive greater coverts contrast with the dark, blackish flight feathers and, to lesser extent, the darker olive scapulars. The primary coverts are also dark, contrasting with the greater coverts, olive alula, and the slightly paler bases to the primaries. All features found on palm tanager. It apparently tanager-sized, with a bill structure also matching palm tanager. Aside from whatever is going on around its head/bill, it's a clear cut palm tanager.