2011
The final winner of the Mystery Bird Competition 2011 is:
ROGER AHLMAN!!!
Roger identified 9 out of 12 mystery birds correctly!!! Outstanding score!!!
Nicely done Roger, congratulations!
Second place goes to Scott Olmstead & Jonas Nilsson, congratulations!
Third place goes to Joe Tobias & Tuomas Seimola, congratulations!
Click for full ranking here: 2011
See below the winners and solutions of each of the previous months of 2011:
Mystery Bird - December 2011

Solution - December 2011

Greyish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex
The final round for 2011 was very difficult but we got 2 winners:
Roger Ahlman & Jonas Nilsson; excellent job!
Other species that had been sent in:
Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Agile Tit-Tyrant Anairetes agilis
Ranking 2011
Mystery Bird - November 2011

Solution - November 2011

Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor
Flycatchers can be very tricky, but nevertheless we got three correct anwsers:
Roger Ahlman, Jonas Nilsson and Tuomas Seimola, congrats!
Other species that had been sent in:
White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Latest ranking click here!
Mystery Bird - October 2011

Solution - October 2011

Blue-browed Tanager Tangara cyanotis
We got two winners for October: Roger Ahlman & Scott Olmstead very well done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Yellow-tufted Dacnis egregia
Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides
Mystery Bird - September 2011

Solution - September 2011

Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
This month was not too hard. We got 5 winners:
Roger Ahlman, Tuomas Seimola, Scott Olmstead, Joe Tobias and Jonas Nilsson congrats!
Other species that had been sent in:
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Sanderling Calidris alba
Mystery Bird - August 2011

Solution - August 2011

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
This month's mystery was nearly impossible...
However, we got one winner:
Tuomas Seimola, excellent job!
Other species that had been sent in:
Royal Tern Sterna maxima (2x)
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Mystery Bird - July 2011

Solution - July 2011

Tufted Tit-tyrant Anairetes parulus
This mystery bird was difficult for sure....nevertheless we got three winners:
Roger Ahlman, Scott Olmstead and Jonas Nilsson!
Other flycatchers that had been sent in:
Agile Tit-tyrant Anairetes agilis
Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
Mystery Bird - June 2011

Solution - June 2011

Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
This round was tricky but most participants sent in the correct anwser:
Roger Ahlman, Scott Olmstead, Joe Tobias, Mathieu Waldeck,
Tuomas Seimola and Manuel Sánchez, felicitaciones!
Other species that had been sent in:
albino Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris
Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
Mystery Bird - May 2011

Solution - May 2011

Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi
This round was very hard. There were no correct anwsers...
Species that had been sent in:
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor
Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Lesser Seedfinch Oryzoborus angolensis
Mystery Bird - April 2011

Solution - April 2011

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
This round no less than six winners:
Joe Tobias, Matt Denton, Jonas Nilsson, Scott Olmstead,
Manuel Sanchez and Tuomas Seimola; good work!
Other species that had been sent in:
Scaly-throated Foliage-Gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Citron-bellied Attila Attila citriniventris
Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
Mystery Bird - March 2011

Solution - March 2011

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
This hummer was correctly identified by: Roger Ahlman, Steve Davidson,
Byron Palacios, Scott Olmstead, Joe Tobias, Juan Manuel Carrion
and Carlos Rodriguez. Congrats!
Other species that had been sent in:
Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
Mystery Bird - February 2011

Solution - February 2011

Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina
This round was hard. We got two "Swedish" winners namely Jonas Nilsson and Roger Ahlman. Well done guys!
A wide variety of species that had been sent in:
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
Dull-coloured Grassquit Tiaris obscurus
Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
Mystery Bird - January 2011

Solution - January 2011

White-faced Nunbird Hapaloptila castanea
Great kick-off for 2011 with no less than 10 winners!
Jonas Nilsson, Roger Ahlman, Steve Davidson,
Byron Palacios, Manuel Sanchez, Scott Olmstead,
Avery Bartels, Joe Tobias, Mathieu Waldeck
and Carlos Rodriguez nicely done!
Other species that had been sent in:
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni
Ranking click here!
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