PV-John Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Is there a reason that the Golden Cheeked Woodpecker is in hiding on Whatbird? I can't find it. This pic was taken from our balcony in Puerto Vallarta, Mex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 What do you mean? As in there's no profile page for it? It's a Mexican an endemic (one of my favourites from my trip!), so that would be why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, PV-John said: Is there a reason that the Golden Cheeked Woodpecker is in hiding on Whatbird? Did you maybe mean in hiding on AllAboutBirds? If so, that site sticks pretty much to the US and Canada. Golden-Cheeked do have a listing on eBird: https://ebird.org/species/gocwoo1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) There is a sister website to AllAboutBirds also run by Cornell called neotropical birds, here's the link for GCHW: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/gocwoo1/overview Edited December 5, 2018 by egosnell2002 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PV-John Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 I've been a member of Whatbird for less than 24 hours so am trying to figure things out. As "Mexico" is one of the places listed in the search procedures I thought that the website covers it. Or are only Canada and the USA covered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) On 12/6/2018 at 10:39 AM, PV-John said: I've been a member of Whatbird for less than 24 hours so am trying to figure things out. As "Mexico" is one of the places listed in the search procedures I thought that the website covers it. Or are only Canada and the USA covered? We'll answer questions about birds found darn near anywhere but since most members are based in the US and Canada, those are the birds we're most familiar with. Fortunately, we do have a few members based south of the Rio Grande. @Aveschapines, can you confirm the photo? Edited December 8, 2018 by Aveschapines Confusing/inaccurate information removed at poster's request. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, PV-John said: I've been a member of Whatbird for less than 24 hours so am trying to figure things out. As "Mexico" is one of the places listed in the search procedures I thought that the website covers it. Or are only Canada and the USA covered? Welcome to Whatbird, PV-John. As Egosnell2002 stated, the birds listed in the whatbird search database include birds of North America. Some Mexican birds appear in the database because they frequent the USA and Canada frequent enough to be part of the ABA checklist. If a bird doesn't make it to the ABA checklist, or similar checklist, it's probably not listed in the Whatbird database just like they're not listed in most North American Field Guides. Or something like that, more experienced birders may be able to explain that more accurately than I did. Edited December 6, 2018 by lonestranger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 @Charlie Spencer I think PV-John was referring to Whatbird's ID search engine, https://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx and not the forums specifically when he mentioned the absence of the Golden-cheeked Woodpecker. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, lonestranger said: @Charlie Spencer I think PV-John was referring to Whatbird's ID search engine, https://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx and not the forums specifically when he mentioned the absence of the Golden-cheeked Woodpecker. Ah! Sometimes I completely forget there's anything here outside the forums! @PV-John, if it hasn't already been deleted, please ignore my previous post! Edited December 6, 2018 by Charlie Spencer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I've never seen a Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker, but consulting my Howell and Webb I'd agree with the ID. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Oh, all this time I didn't realize that you were even requesting an ID... But as Aveschapines said, you got it right! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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