Southern Texas Flycatcher (1 Viewer)

[sirijay]

Photographed two weeks ago at Sabine Woods in Texas.
Looks like a Northern Beardless Tyrannulet - please help with ID.
Thanks.

 

[Butty]

Bill is much too big. It's a Myiarchus.

 

[KC Foggin]

Ash -throated Flycatcher ??

 

[THE_FERN]

Ash -throated Flycatcher ??

Could be. I'm pulled towards brown-crested (but without certainty): structure looks slightly better---doesn't have the round headed look of ash-throated; bill appears "large", albeit without an obvious hook; tip of the tail feathers suggests rufous is present. We can't see the undertail but perhaps this means the rufous extends across there (i.e. unlike ash-throated)

 

[sirijay]

Thank you all ....very helpful hints on ID.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

The default Myiarchus at that location would be Great Crested Flycatcher. They aren't actually any Brown-crested Flycatchers records for Sabine Woods on Ebird. I can't see any reason why it's not a Great Crested.

 

[THE_FERN]

The default Myiarchus at that location would be Great Crested Flycatcher. They aren't actually any Brown-crested Flycatchers records for Sabine Woods on Ebird. I can't see any reason why it's not a Great Crested.

Yes could be. I thought the bill base dark but perhaps it's not... ... Which would be good for great-crested

 

[peterginsburg]

I believe there is pale at the base of the mandible but more telling it the pattern of white in the inner tertial. Most likely a Great Crest.

Peter