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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Tuesday, December 11, 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.
Monday, December 10, 2018
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