Yucatan Mexico

Question 1

Answer 1

Ruddy Crake

Question 2

Answer 2

Mangrove Cuckoo

Question 3

Answer 3

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Extremely similar to other Myiarchus flycatchers and most easily identified by voice: listen for the plaintive, sad “wheer” call. Also note relatively dark crown, slender bill, fairly bright yellow belly, and rufous edges on secondaries.

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Answer 4

Mangrove Swallow

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Answer 5

Yucatan Nightjar

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Wilson’s Plover

(nonbreeding/immature)

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Answer 7

Bright-rumped Attila

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Answer 8

Zenaida Dove

Note: white trailing edge to wing and squared off tail

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Answer 9

Black-cowled Oriole

Note: small, slightly decurved bill

Question 10

Answer 10

Greenish Elaenia

does not flick its wings and tail, unlike many small flycatchers

identified by a combination of the lack of pale wingbars, a narrow whitish eyebrow, and the small, overall dark bill

Question 11

Answer 11

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

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Answer 12

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

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Gray-breasted Martin

Like female PUMA, but lacks pale forehead and pale hindcollar of female Purple Martin.

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Snowy Plover

Note: Piping Plover does not go as far south as Cozumel

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Least Tern

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Short-tailed Hawk

Most similar to Broad-winged Hawk, which is never clean white below.

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Bat Falcon

Smaller than Peregrine.

Laughing and Aplomado also present on Cozumel

With a good view, note the rusty belly and ‘trousers.’ Hunts bats at dusk, but main food is small birds caught in flight.

Similar to Aplomado, but has dark belly (vs. “vest” and rusty belly)

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Blue-black Grassquit

Note the very small size, brown plumage, and streaky breast, plus the pointed conical bill.

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Northern Potoo

At night in a flashlight beam, eyes reflect like brilliant amber coals (nightjar eyes are duller and owl eyes have a dull reflection and are rarely visible)

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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Can be difficult to distinguish from Buff-bellied Hummingbird, which favors drier habitats. Rufous-tailed has a dingier, grayish belly and more extensive rusty on the tail, which lacks the distinct fork often shown by Buff-bellied’s tail.

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Russet-naped Wood-Rail

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Gull-billed Tern

Medium-sized tern with thick black bill. Very pale overall with black cap in breeding plumage. Legs black. Nonbreeding plumage shows dark cheek patch.

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Lesser Nighthawk

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Common Pauraque

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Cozumel Emerald

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Cozumel Vireo

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Answer 27

Cozumel Emerald

(female)

Question 28

Answer 28

Mangrove Vireo