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Great-crested Flycatcher / Copeton Viajero (Myiarchus crinitus) |
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Species account updated March 2009 |
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Ageing and sexing overview:
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Spring: |
ASY - U
Sexes identical. |
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SY - U
Sexes identical. |
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SPRING: SY-U (second-year, sex unknown) |
Overall body plumage provides little information about age of Great-crested Flycatchers.
Photo by Marcel Gahbauer, Las Caletas (CR),
April 2008
Photo by Marcel Gahbauer, Las Caletas (CR),
April 2008
Note the relatively narrow, tapered, and worn rectrices, typical of a second-year Great-crested Flycatcher.
Photo by Marcel Gahbauer, Las Caletas (CR),
April 2008
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