|
Mystery Bird - August 2010
You know what species this is? Send your solution to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
See below the solutions and winners of the previous months:
Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
This round many participants and many winners!
Byron Palacios, Manuel Sanchez, Luis Daniel Montalvo,
Fernando Vaca,Carlos Rodriguez, Ed Smith, Scott Olmstead,
Avery Bartels, Jonas Nilsson and Joe Tobias - BRAVO!
Other species that had been sent in:
Rufous-headed Pygmy-tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora
Silver-backed Tanager Tangara viridicollis
Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata
Still 5 rounds to go!
Latest ranking will be updated soon!
Mystery Bird - June 2010
Large-billed Seed-finch Oryzoborus crassirostris
Not many options for this black bird. However, it still turned out to be a tricky one!
The bill was indeed a bit pinkish, also in the field, but pure white in the Ecuador fieldguide; confusing!
Of 7 participants the following sent in the correct anwser:
Scott Olmstead, William Fiero, Roger Ahlman and Ed Smith well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus (3)
Still six rounds to go! For latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - May 2010
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Typical comments during this round where like:
"it's a tough one", "you sure pick some hard ones", "it’s just too hard this time", "wow this month is a hard one", "another poor masterpiece".
Keep in mind that migrants can show up anytime as Mystery Birds, as long as they have been photographed in Ecuador!
No less then 9 birders sent in a solution this month, great work! Jonas Nilsson identified the bird correctly, very well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia
Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cneumoscopus rubrirostris
Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
Hooded Mountain-tanager Buthraupis montana (2)
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Still seven rounds to go! For latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - April 2010
Solution - April 2010
Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
We had seven participants this month. Mitch Lysinger, Scott Olmstead, Avery Bartels
and Ed Smith sent in the correct anwser; well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
Agile Tit-Tyrant Anairetes agilis
Sulphur-bellied flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
Mystery Bird - March 2010
Solution - March 2010
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora - female
This round was a very tough one! We had 8 participants and no winner!
Species that had been sent in:
Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans (2)
Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus
Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi
White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
Mystery Bird - February 2010
Solution - February 2010
Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
We had seven participants this round and all sent in the correct anwser!
Ed Smith, Mitch Lysinger, Neill Cade, Derek Kverno, Scott Olmstead,
Roger Ahlman and Jonas Nilsson - great work!
Ranking here!
Mystery Bird - January 2010
Solution - January 2010
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
MBC 2010 started off with no less then 11 participants! Great!
Scott Olmstead, Derek Kverno, Mitch Lysinger, Neill Cade, Xavier Amigo,
Jonas Nilsson, and Ed Smith all sent in the correct anwser! Well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis (2)
|
