In addition to subspecies identification, the pronounced
emargination/notching of the 3 outer primaries that Christian pointed
out also provides confirmation that the bird is a male. According to
both Pyle's /Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part 1 /and
Howell's /Rare Birds of
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When Fork-tailed Flycatchers show up in the US or Canada, birders often attempt
to ascribe them to one of the two likely populations from which they might
come: the widespread South American austral migrant, savana, or the resident
monachus of Central America.
This article summarizes
