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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    Nice! Thank you for sharing. For what it's worth, the 2015 Helm field guide also notes that the shorter tail of the Dusky Tetraka could be one of the most useful features for field identification. The accompanying illustration also shows a slightly shorter tail for the Dusky. The difference...
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    Great. Please do post if you get any pics.
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    Thanks for the response. If you ever manage to come up with any photos or skins, please let me know.
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    Update: Thanks to the good folks at the Avery Fisher Center for Music & Media at New York University, I now have the "Bird Sounds of Madagascar" CD track for Dusky Tetraka (recorded by Frank Hawkins). It is a good quality recording, but wasn't as conclusive as I hoped (again this could be due...
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    Unfortunately my message to "Rockfowl" did not go through because it said that his mailbox was full and not accepting new messages.
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    Thanks for the tips. I will look into it.
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    One other question: What is known about variation in subspecies/races/morphs of Dusky and Spectacled Tetraka? The Hawkins field guide illustrates two of the four subspecies of Spectacled.
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    For whatever reason, I didn't see that you had all responded to my question above. Apologies for the delay. I was on the trip with "tapaculo" this November when Julien pointed out what he called a flock of Dusky Tetraka. I'm skeptical about this ID, but trying to learn more. While in the...
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    Undescribed bird in Madagascar?

    I'm curious if anything came of this? If you know of photos, recordings, or even recent illustrations, would you please let me know.
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