{"id":2180,"date":"2010-06-18T18:31:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T00:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2010-06-19T07:28:46","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T13:28:46","slug":"boat-billed-flycatcher-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/archives\/2180","title":{"rendered":"Boat-billed Flycatcher Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boat-billed Flycatcher, Horto Florestal de S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Dario Sanches (Creative Commons 2.0). Click for link.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I just published my first feature article for Xeno-Canto<\/a>.\u00a0 I figured I should give their blogging functionality a try, and I’m happy with the result.\u00a0 My subject is geographic differences in the vocalizations of the Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua<\/em>), a Central and South American species that looks much like the Great Kiskadee of south Texas.<\/p>\n

For reasons I explained in my recent post on hybrid flycatchers<\/a>, vocal differences in flycatchers are likely to represent strong genetic differences.\u00a0 I noticed some time ago that Boat-billed Flycatchers in Central America make some distinctive sounds that Boat-billed Flycatchers in South America don’t make, and vice versa.\u00a0 I thought I would be able to write a quick feature recommending a split — a la my Gray Hawk posts [1<\/a> 2<\/a>] — but as I started writing, I realized that Boat-billed Flycatchers make a number of different sounds, some of them geographically variable, others apparently not.\u00a0 It took me far longer to complete my project than I anticipated, which is one of the reasons why you’ve seen Earbirding go so long without a new post!<\/p>\n

So head on over to Xeno-Canto’s feature page<\/a> to check out my work.\u00a0 As always, I’d love to hear what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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