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Very nice image and capture. FL

Shane Great Shot, just found it and don't know if you ever got a positive ID? To me it looks like a South American Yellow-breasted Flycatcher (Tolmomyias fliaviventris). L/F!!

This bird is most definitely NOT a Hawaiian endemic. I do not know which species it is, but I would guess that it is an oriole (Icterus) with a bill deformity. Neither the amakihis nor anianiau ever have this kind of orange-yellow color. No adult male, which this would have to be, amakihi has white wing bars (adult female Oahu Amakihi have wing bars, but they are not bright yellow). Neither amakihis nor anianiau have any seasonal movements; they are as sedentary as birds get. So their potential for vagrancy is essentially zero. This bird has none of the jizz of a Hawaiian honeycreeper (looks too big and lanky, too long-tailed), which are proportioned more like goldfinches than icterids. The bill really is a good imitation of a Kauai Amakihi bill, so I can understand why you were misled. Sorry I took so long to respond on this, but I lost contact with my emails for several weeks and was unaware of it. -Doug Pratt

wonderful bird well taken. i'm currently doing illustrations of hawaiian birds and was amazed to read you saw this bird in mexico. i wonder if mexico has anything like a rare bird alert? an expert like douglas pratt could tell you exactly what bird this is, but my limited knowledge suggests that the bird is an amakihi (i can see he has a yellow undertail covert and apparently a white wing bar)-- though oddly the lores aren't really dark enough. anianiau has pinkish bill and feet. the real question is what is an endangered hawaiian honeycreeper doing in mexico??? if this bird is actually successfully breeding in mexico that could be of some interest to ornithologists. congrats on a great pic!

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Love this - beautiful shot. USA Artist News. v

Very beautiful capture !

Great capture. v

CONGRATULATIONS!! This wonderful artwork is a TOP VOTE GETTER SECOND PLACE for the Contest YELLOW Flash October 2012!! jrr ( contest admin) :^D

Congratulations Shane!! for your 2nd place on the Yellow Flash contest!!

BEAUTIFUL!!! VOTED!!! CHEERS!! Carrie

Amazing image Shane:)

Beautiful capture.v/p

Beautiful yellow bird...v

Thanks Elaine.

Thanks Andrew.

This bird should be our group's mascot {SMILE} Beautiful shot. Good Luck! ... Elaine

Thank you Alec. I appreciate the feature.

Congratulations on your feature in Bold Colours! fav

Thanks Kathleen.

Beautiful capture of this beautiful bird. congrats on your third place contest win.v/p

Thanks Debbie, Bob and Nancy.

Shane, Congratulations on your 3rd place win in the Golden Day Golden Night contest! Terrific image! v/p

Fabulous shot!! v/f