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2010
The final winner of the Mystery Bird Competition 2010 is:
ED SMITH!!!
Ed identified 8 out of 12 mystery birds correctly!!! Wow!!!
Very well done, congratulations!
Click for complete ranking here: 2010
See below the winners and solutions of each of the previous months of 2010:
Mystery Bird - December 2010
Solution - December 2010
Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra
This last round was very hard... and only three hardcore birders participated...
but unfortunately no correct anwsers.
Species that had been sent in:
Northern Mountain Cacique Cacicus leucoramphus
Ecuadorian Cacique Cacicus sclateri
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - November 2010
Solution - November 2010
Giant Conebill Oreomanis fraseri
This round turned out to be an easy one. Nine participants were able to identify the correct species to this tail:
Steve Davidson, Ed Smith, Joe Tobias, Scott Olmstead, Byron Palacios,
Rudy Gelis, Pat O'Donnell, Jonas Nilsson, Gabriel Bucheli, well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
Still one round to go > who is going for the 2nd and 3rd place?!
Mystery Bird - October 2010
Solution - October 2010
Immature White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
This round was very tough. However, no less than four birders sent in the correct anwser:
Jonas Nilsson, Ed Smith, Roger Ahlman and Gabriel Bucheli; felicitaciones!
Other species that had been sent in:
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
Mystery Bird - September 2010
Solution - September 2010
Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
There was just one winner this round: Joe Tobias, very well done!
A wide range of "incorrect" species that had been sent in:
Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
Common Bush-tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
Mystery Bird - August 2010
Solution - August 2010
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
This round was "very tough". The second bird (in the left corner) might have helped a bit!
Joe Tobias, Avery Bartels and Ed Smith proved that they know their waders, congrats!
Other species that had been sent in:
Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus (2x)
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
Andean Teal Anas andium
Mystery Bird - July 2010
Solution - July 2010
Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
This round many participants and many winners!
Byron Palacios, Manuel Sanchez, Luis Daniel Montalvo,
Fernando Vaca,Carlos Rodriguez, Ed Smith, Scott Olmstead,
Avery Bartels, Jonas Nilsson and Joe Tobias - BRAVO!
Other species that had been sent in:
Rufous-headed Pygmy-tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora
Silver-backed Tanager Tangara viridicollis
Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata
Mystery Bird - June 2010
Solution - June 2010
Large-billed Seed-finch Oryzoborus crassirostris
Not many options for this black bird. However, it still turned out to be a tricky one!
The bill was indeed a bit pinkish, also in the field, but pure white in the Ecuador fieldguide; confusing!
Of 7 participants the following sent in the correct anwser:
Scott Olmstead, William Fiero, Roger Ahlman and Ed Smith well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus (3)
Mystery Bird - May 2010
Solution - May 2010
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Typical comments during this round where like:
"it's a tough one", "you sure pick some hard ones", "it’s just too hard this time", "wow this month is a hard one", "another poor masterpiece".
Keep in mind that migrants can show up anytime as Mystery Birds, as long as they have been photographed in Ecuador!
No less then 9 birders sent in a solution this month, great work! Jonas Nilsson identified the bird correctly, very well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia
Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cneumoscopus rubrirostris
Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
Hooded Mountain-tanager Buthraupis montana (2)
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Mystery Bird - April 2010
Solution - April 2010
Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
We had seven participants this month. Mitch Lysinger, Scott Olmstead, Avery Bartels
and Ed Smith sent in the correct anwser; well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
Agile Tit-Tyrant Anairetes agilis
Sulphur-bellied flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
Mystery Bird - March 2010
Solution - March 2010
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora - female
This round was a very tough one! We had 8 participants and no winner!
Species that had been sent in:
Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans (2)
Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus
Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi
White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
Mystery Bird - February 2010
Solution - February 2010
Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
We had seven participants this round and all sent in the correct anwser!
Ed Smith, Mitch Lysinger, Neill Cade, Derek Kverno, Scott Olmstead,
Roger Ahlman and Jonas Nilsson - great work!
Mystery Bird - January 2010
Solution - January 2010
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
MBC 2010 started off with no less then 11 participants! Great!
Scott Olmstead, Derek Kverno, Mitch Lysinger, Neill Cade, Xavier Amigo,
Jonas Nilsson, and Ed Smith all sent in the correct anwser! Well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis (2)
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