REPORT FORM
This form is intended as a convenience in reporting observations of species on the Louisiana Bird Records Committee (LBRC) Review List. The LBRC recommends the use of this form or a similar format when submitting records for review (to assure that all pertinent information is accounted for). Attach additional pages as necessary. Please print or type. Attach xerox of field notes, drawings, photographs, or tape recordings, if available. Include all photos for more obscurely marked species. When completed, mail to Secretary, Louisiana Bird Records Committee, c/o Museum of Natural Science, 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216.
1. English and Scientific names: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher,
Myiodynastes luteiventris |
2. Number of individuals, sexes, ages, general plumage
(e.g., 2 in alternate plumage): |
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3. Locality: LOUISIANA: (parish) _Jefferson
Parish____________________________ |
Specific Locality: _________Sureway Woods, Grand
Isle_________ |
4. Date(s) when observed: September 30, 2010 |
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5. Time(s) of day when observed: 10:00am |
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6. Reporting observer and address: Justin Hite 24409 Second St Hayward, CA 94541 760-680-1660 |
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7. Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified
the bird(s): |
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8. Other observers who independently identified the
bird(s): |
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9. Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light): Good, inside canopy so it had a good dark backdrop for observing details of plumage color. |
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10. Optical equipment (type, power, condition): |
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11. Distance to bird(s): |
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12. Duration of observation: about 5 minutes |
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13. Habitat: Maritime Oak forest |
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14. Behavior of bird / circumstances of observation (flying, feeding, resting; include and stress habits used in identification; relate events surrounding observation): First seen in sally down into clearing below oak canopy,
then swooping up to a different perch.
Sallied again several times, resting in an active, engaged flycatcher
way while perched. Last seen after a long sally when it flew out of
sight. Had not returned after 30
minutes of waiting |
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15. Description (include only what was actually seen, not
what "should" have been seen; include if possible: total
length/relative size compared to other familiar species, body bulk, shape,
proportions, bill, eye, leg, and plumage characteristics. Stress features
that separate it from similar species): |
Roughly the size of a Kingbird. Stout dark bill, thicker and more robust
than a Kingbird’s, with a little horn color around the gape. Tail rufous (the color of a brown
thrasher). Yellow belly and breast, with thick dark streaks above fading to
thinner streaks on the flanks. Pale
throat and chin. Dark eye stripe and
malar stripe set off by white eyebrow and mustache. Pale-edged coverts and tertials, those
feathers otherwise mostly darkish.
Bill and eye dark. |
16. Voice: |
Did not vocalize |
17. Similar species (include how they were eliminated by
your observation): |
Streaked Flycatcher has a paler malar stripe than this
bird. Also, the belly on this bird was
too yellow for Streaked, and the streaks were too thin and did not extend
outward enough onto the belly. |
18. Photographs or tape recordings obtained? (by whom?
attached?): |
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19. Previous experience with this species: |
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20. Identification aids: (list books, illustrations, other
birders, etc. used in identification): |
a. at time of observation: |
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b. after observation: |
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21. This description is written from: _____ notes made
during the observation (_____notes attached?);_____notes made after the
observation (date:_____); __X___memory. |
22. Are you positive of your identification if not, explain: I am 100% positive of the identification |
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23. Signature of reporter:
______________________________Date:__________Time:_______ |
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24. May the LBRC have permission to display this report or
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If yes, may we include your name with the report?
_________Yes_________ |
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