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DeBenedetti
1964
March 5 Guayaquil, Guayas Prov., Ecuador.
a fresh thin flew off when I approached. Only saw one, in the A.M. Flavicola pica?
(59) Charadrius plown, a little larger than Semipal.
brown back, rufous nape, 1 black collar,
black /re head (+ white to over eye), eye stripe
and lower side of neck to collar. Long, thin black
bill, pink legs. Call a melodious "Eolia braidi"
like call, short, + raotle. Runs on ground and
tries to hide in grass or crouches in old footprints
in the mud. Flight patter is a light wing stripe &
white tail sides. Collared Plover?
(60) Charadrius plowr - slightly larger than the
above, pale on back. white nape, large black bill,
shaped, black. legs pink. Same flight pattern
as the above. Some with brown collars, others
with black forehead (thus white to behind eye),
black eyestrips, 1 black neck band.). Pink eyes.
Runs when chased, doesn't likes to fly. More in flocks
thunder above. Both were on the bare mud near
the lake. This is ? Wilson's Plover.
(61) "Hawk" - black with long black legs, white
head and orange bill; one had orange wattles.
Tail white with narrow black tip, large white
patch at the base of the primaries. Black crest
(and eye stripes). Saw only 1 pair in trail thru
near the heavy forest; flushed at a long range.
silent. Very large Buteco size.