adrian Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Near Pocosol Biological Station, Alajuela, Costa Rica, March 16, 2019 Looks to me like Tropical Pewee, but I'd like to hear others' thoughts. Attached Thumbnails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy_incognito Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I'd go with Tropical Pewee. I believe that both Eastern and Western Wood-Pewee are possible there, but the primary projection looks rather short and I think it has paler lores, both of which favor Tropical Pewee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Thanks for your input. I thought Tropical Pewee in the field but wasn't totally convinced. I thought the lores did not look pale, the main thing that threw me off I suppose. I was quite confident it wasn't either Eastern or Western Wood-Pewee due to the less elongate shape and shorter primaries. I considered that it might be an Empidonax, and indeed someone on another forum suggested White-throated Flycatcher, but in the field I considered Empid and decided it just didn't fit with that genus (no eyering, a bit too elongate/not so round, etc.). I'm going to go with Tropical Pewee. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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