Pantanal October 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Richard Laybourne]

Hi all. I've been trundling through some photos I took last year on the (dry) edges of the Pantanal. The green-barred woodpecker is included for scale, but I'm struggling with the grey bird behind it. The closest I've got is chalk-browed mockingbird, but the colours feel too muted/grey and the bill seems more slender and more decurved. I'd be delighted to receive suggestions.

 

[twitcherf]

That has a wren-like feel to it - could it be Thrush-like Wren?

 

[Bewick]

Thrush-like wren

Edit- this happens a lot...

 

[Richard Laybourne]

That has a wren-like feel to it - could it be Thrush-like Wren?

Thrush-like wren

Edit- this happens a lot...

That's the very chap! Thank you. The image in 'the book' (Gwynne et al) is a lot more olive so I'd flicked past it. But there's a cracking photo on eBird (https://ebird.org/species/thlwre1) that nails it. Another one for the life-list!

Edit - hmm, I might have to work my way through all my other photos in case there's another lifer lurking in the background...