Mystery bird quiz

[XemaSab]

Seen at the Arcata Marsh, California, in October of '00.

[semillama]

1. Hey, it's the pink-cheeked bird from the lounge!

or it's a Phainopepla missing cheek feathers.

[jpak]

2. Boy that looks like a female Huia or a South Island Kokako (extinct New Zealand wattlebirds)

http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/huia.html

http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/kokakosi.html

But it can't be - right???

[XemaSab]

3. It can't be

Those don't have crests. :D

[Imalittleteapot]

4. Shaped like a Red-whiskered Bulbul but the coloring is not right

http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/520b/articles/introduction

[XemaSab]

5. Note well the subtle red/brown flecking on the body

It's not an artifact of the scanning process. :)

[XemaSab]

6. Cough, cough, icteridae, cough

n/t

[semillama]

7. Icteridae???

I was going to say it looks a lot like a Red-Vented Bulbul, but that's not an icterid...

The only icterid I can come up with that has red cheeks is the Baudo Oropendola from Columbia. And the only icterid with a crest I can come up with is the Crested Oropendola but that looks nothing like the image.