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🪶Help me out, #ornithology folks of #BirdSky! Curating @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social collections for digitisation, I found this labeled Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch (Sicalis citrina), which it's NOT. #SouthAmerican #birds ≠ my forte: is this a Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) or something else?

Martin Stervander 🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️🦉🦤🪶

@stervander.com

It's a small bugger, collected in end of April in Bartica Grove in northern Guyana. Wing length 49 mm. I'd be very happy for your input! #LBJ #MuseumLife

17/12/24, 11:41 am0 reposts0 likes

Gustavo Burin 🍉

@gburin.com

17 Dec 2024

@lamamala.bsky.social I wonder if you could help Martin?

Cueca Performance

@lamamala.bsky.social

17 Dec 2024

he's right! for me is a female/eclipsing male of Volatinia jacarina

Martin Stervander 🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️🦉🦤🪶

@stervander.com

17 Dec 2024

Very glad to hear this; many thanks for taking your time!

Vitor Piacentini

@piacentini.bsky.social

17 Dec 2024

There is something odd on this bird. Not sure if the light on the pics is biasing, but it looks too much “patterned” to link it to Volatinia in my brain. I’d keep an eye on other possibilities, just in case.