Re: Ash-throated Flycatcher

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Posted by Bill Pranty on 22:46:18 12/24/05

In Reply to: Ash-throated Flycatcher posted by Trey Mitchell

Hi Trey,

I'd recommend that you consider Brown-crested Flycatcher instead of Ash-throated (your bird is too pale-bellied and dark-billed to be a Geat Crested). To my eyes, the bill is too large and stout to be an Ash-throated, and I cannot see any hint of the dark border and tip on the tail that is shown on Ash-throated.

You mentioned hearing the bird, but you didn't descibe the call. The Brown-crested has a loud WHIT call and calls frequently, while (in my experience anyway) Ash-throateds call rarely in Florida, and have a prrrrt call like one of the calls of the Great Crested.

Happy Holidays.

Bill Pranty
Bayonet Point, Florida

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Comments:	: Hi Trey, : : I'd recommend that you consider Brown-crested Flycatcher instead of Ash-throated (your bird is too pale-bellied and dark-billed to be a Geat Crested). To my eyes, the bill is too large and stout to be an Ash-throated, and I cannot see any hint of the dark border and tip on the tail that is shown on Ash-throated. : : You mentioned hearing the bird, but you didn't descibe the call. The Brown-crested has a loud WHIT call and calls frequently, while (in my experience anyway) Ash-throateds call rarely in Florida, and have a prrrrt call like one of the calls of the Great Crested. : : Happy Holidays. : : : Bill Pranty : Bayonet Point, Florida
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