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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-09 11:12 PM
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Mystery bird quiz


Seen at the Arcata Marsh, California, in October of '00.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 12:21 PM
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1. Hey, it's the pink-cheeked bird from the lounge!
or it's a Phainopepla missing cheek feathers.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-09 11:34 AM
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2. Boy that looks like a female Huia or a South Island Kokako (extinct New Zealand wattlebirds)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-09 08:02 PM
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3. It can't be
Those don't have crests. :D
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Imalittleteapot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-09 11:03 PM
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4. Shaped like a Red-whiskered Bulbul but the coloring is not right
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 07:49 PM
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5. Note well the subtle red/brown flecking on the body
It's not an artifact of the scanning process. :)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 03:26 AM
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6. Cough, cough, icteridae, cough
n/t
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 10:58 AM
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7. Icteridae???
I was going to say it looks a lot like a Red-Vented Bulbul, but that's not an icterid...

The only icterid I can come up with that has red cheeks is the Baudo Oropendola from Columbia. And the only icterid with a crest I can come up with is the Crested Oropendola but that looks nothing like the image.
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