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2012
The final winners of the Mystery Bird Competition 2012:
TUOMAS SEIMOLA and JONAS NILSSON!!!!
They identified 7 out of 12 mystery birds correctly! Plus 4 more in the extra round! Congratulations!
Second place goes to Quentin Paynter, who worked very hard too!!! He also identified 7 out of 12 birds correctly! Excellent score!
Third place goes to Mitch Lysinger who identified 6 out of 12 correctly! Very well done!
Final ranking 2012 click here!
See below the winners and solutions of each of the previous months of 2012:
Extra round 2012
For 2012 we have an extra round because we try to get one winner!
The extra round is between Quentin, Tuomas and Jonas and shows four Mystery Birds.
They have exactly 3 days to send in their answers.
Solutions Extra Round 2012
1) Northern Waterthrush 2) Long-wattled Umbrellabird 3) Tennessee Warbler 4) White-lored Euphonia
The extra round was done surprisingly well, especially taken the stressfully short timeframe.
Both Tuomas and Jonas identified all four birds correctly so we have two winners for 2013!!!!
The second place goes to Quentin Paynter!
Mystery Bird - December 2012
Solution - December 2012
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
December's Mystery Bird was identified correctly by
Mitch Lysinger and Jorge Bedoya: excellent job!
Other species that have been sent in:
Maranon Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus leucogaster (2x)
Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus (2x)
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Phrygilus plebejus
Mystery Bird - November 2012
Solution - November 2012
Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
This month was very tough. Especially confusing because of the damaged tail feathers...
...but surprisingly we got eight winners this round!!!
Tuomas Seimola, Jonas Nilsson, Quentin Paynter, Mitch Lysinger,
Randy Vickers, Mathieu Siol, Steve Davidson, Scott Olmstead: very well done!
Other species that have been sent in:
Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
Mystery Bird - October 2012
Solution - October 2012
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Again a very tricky picture. But this time especially confusing because of the Paramo habitat! A nice example that boreal migrants can in fact show up anywhere.
This bird was photographed above the treeline at 4000m elevation (probably the highest altitudinal record of the species in Ecuador).
Surprisingly, we got three correct answers: Tuomas Seimola, Roger Ahlman and Jonas Nilsson did a very good job!
Other species that have been sent in:
Paramo Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus (3x)
Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
Latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - September 2012
Solution - September 2012
Red-billed Tyrannulet Zimmerius cinereicapilla
We got no less than four winners this month!
Mitch Lysinger, Jonas Nilsson, Tuomas Seimola and Quentin Paynter identified the bird correctly; good job!
Other species that have been sent in:
Slender-footed Tyrannulet Zimmerius gracilipes
Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeiceps (2x)
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris
Mystery Bird - August 2012
Solution- August 2012
White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda
Again a very tough picture this month. Nevertheless, eight participants managed to indentify it as a shrike-tyrant Agriornis sp.
The chunky head and neck, relatively short-tailed, but especially the dry habitat (dried lichens and bromeliad on the branches) point towards White-tailed Shrike-tyrant.
We got five winners this month: Ed Smith, Roger Ahlman, Mitch Lysinger, Tuomas Seimola and Xavier Amigo; congrats!
Other species that have been sent in:
Black-billed Shrike-tyrant Agriornis montanus (3x)
Spot-billed Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
Mystery Bird - July 2012
Solution - July 2012
Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
Raptors are tough but nevertheless we got 6 winners this month:
Roger Ahlman, Chris Layden, Mitch Lysinger, Ed Smith, Quentin Paynter and Tuomas Seimola!
Other species that have been sent in:
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori (2x)
White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Mystery Bird - June 2012
Solution - June 2012
Ruddy Spinetail Synallaxis rutilans
This round was very hard. No one seemed confident of the identification and many participants mentioned that they actually had no clue of what it was.
Surprisingly, four participants sent in the correct anwser!
Chris Layden, Jonas Nilsson, Ed Smith, Quentin Paynter; well done!
Other species that have been sent in:
Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus (2x)
White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
Mystery Bird - May 2012
Solution - May 2012
Band-tailed Sierra-finch Phrygilus alaudinus
A tricky back shot but nevertheless we got eight correct solutions. Some even managed to identify it down to an immature male!
Winners of this round: Quentin Paynter, Carlos Rodriguez, Hector Cadena, Jonas Nilsson,
Tuomas Seimola, Roger Ahlman, Mitch Lysinger and Randy Vickers; good job!
Other species that have been sent in:
Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis (2)
Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons
Latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - April 2012
Solution - April 2012
Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
Most participants sent in a raptor species and six went for a hawk-eagle (see the feathered tarsus). From here it gets even trickier because how do you know which one?
Jonas Nilsson and Scott Olmstead got it right and win this round; congrats!
Other species that have been sent in:
Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus (4)
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
Andean Potoo Nyctibius maculosus
Latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - March 2012
Solution - March 2012
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
his month was very tricky. Certainly if it comes to judgment of size!
wo of the winners sent in a very similar comment: "I cannot think of any other species that has this color patternexcept Scarlet Macaw, but that leaf must be huge!"
We got three winners for this round: Ed Smith, Quentin Paynter and Scott Olmstead; excellent job!
Other species that had been sent in:
Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus
Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii (2x)
Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus
Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus
Latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - February 2012
Solution - February 2012
Rufous-brown Solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys
Again a very tricky round, especially if you have not seen this species in the field!
It is depicted very rufous in the field guide, which is confusing...
The winners: Avery Bartels, Jonas Nilsson, Mathieu Siol and Tuomas Seimola, congrats!
Other species that had been sent in:
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
Uniform treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica
Maranon thrush Turdus maranonicus
Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
Latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - January 2012
Solution - January 2012
Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni
This first round of 2012 turned out complex: the bird is perched right in the open (can it get any easier than this?!) but still difficult to identify.
Nevertheless, we got three winners that correctly indentified this metaltail.
The winners: Quentin Paynter, Ed Smith and Rudy Gelis, congratulations!
Other species that had been sent in:
Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens (2)
Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina (4)
Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami (3)
Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae
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