SLATY-TAILED TROGON, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

      We can ID this flycatcher as a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher as follows:

• Small size
• Strong white eyering 
• Two whitish wingbars strongly contrast with black wings
• Greenish chest and pale-yellow belly.  It should be noted that wintering birds, such as this one, do not have as much yellow as breeding ones
• Upper mandible of bill is dark, while lower mandible is pinkish
• Wings and tail which are darker than rest of upperparts, which are greenish

      The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 833.

MORE RUINS AT YAXCHILAN,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

STRUCTURE 33 IN CENTRAL ACROPOLIS, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

SOME OF OUR TOUR GROUP & TOUR GUIDES, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

STRUCTURE 19 OR THE LABYRINTH, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS, CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

GRAY-HEADED TANAGER, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

      We can ID this tanager as a Gray-headed Tanager as follows:

• Bright yellow underparts
• Short, conical, black bill
• Bluish-gray head
• Whitish throat (see third photo)
• Yellow legs
• Wings we can see are greenish, but we can't see rest of upperparts

      The Gray-headed Tanager is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 832.