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RE: Birding in Suriname - Week 3 - Help me identify a bird and win 2 SBD!
Hmm...hard to find an exact match - we are looking in a section called - Chamiceros (our guide is in spanish) which includes genuses such as Synallaxis, Hellmayrea, Cranioleuca, and Certhiaxis. We belive it is either - Certhiaxis mustelinus (better coloring match but no crest) or Cranioleuca hellmayri (crest by seems grayer in the guide). It is possible, since ours is a Colombian guide - that it is another species in this grouping, that you will find in your Suriname specific guide.
Thanks for the fun contest! We are still getting better at this, and it takes practice! Let us know the real answer when you find it ;)
You're brilliant. You're not quite right, but when I looked up Certhiaxis mustelinus, which looks very much like it, I saw it was an ovenbird. Looking at that section for Surinamese birds I saw a Certhiaxis cinnamomea. I believe that must be it. It's a Yellow-chinned Spinetail.
Thank you for helping identifying this bird. You sir, win the contest.
Yay! So happy to help! Birding is a journey we take together ;p
Thanks again. Birding can be really difficult. I'm glad to have a friend on this journey.
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Congrats, good determination there.