Highland Bird

Gallery: AvianPosted November 6, 2009106 views7 comments

. . .for lack of a better title. I'm not really a "birder," but I found this little guy perched on one of the large cliff edges of Colca Canyon, Peru. I'm interested in any and all critiques (much appreciated) and also if anyone knows what genus, family or better yet species it could be? Thank you!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 6, 2009 at 9:46 PM

can't help you with the ID, but it's a neat looking bird and the plant beside it is interesting too. I'd love to see it a little larger.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on November 7, 2009 at 12:57 AM

I can't ID this little fellow either but find him/her attractive.... just too small and kind of "lost" in the image. The rocks, BG and plant all look interesting and all or part of those elements could help contribute to a crop 10 approx. 1/3 of this original.

Registered on March 30, 2008, 416 Posts, 2885 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Saunders on November 7, 2009 at 5:04 AM

I like this composition. The bird looks like some kind of Thrush, but I don't have a "Birds Of Peru" guide. They get thousands of species there

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 7, 2009 at 7:08 AM

Nice shot Lindsay, I´ve got a Birds of Peru at home but we are travelling right now. Email me in a week and I´ll check my field guide.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 7, 2009 at 12:11 PM

No clue on identification, Lindsay, but I like the composition.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Etienne Artigau on November 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Your bird is a Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola rufivertex), I took a few pictures of this bird in central Chile (http://www.astro.umontreal.ca/~artigau/frames/frame4410_en.html). Ground-Tyrants are related to flycatchers and some species live quite high in the Andes.

Cheers,

Etienne

Registered on January 17, 2006, 55 Posts, 104 Comments

Comment posted by Lindsay Lough on November 7, 2009 at 4:16 PM

Wow, thanks guys for all your comments and help (and especially the identifications, Etienne!). He looks awfully quaint to be a "Tyrant" (haha), but he definitely matches the beautiful photos from your website. .

Registered on January 28, 2009, 36 Posts, 105 Comments