Inca dove - a bird that gives homage to its dinosaur forbearers with that scale-like pattern of its feathers. Taxco, Guerrero, México, November 2024

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A lonely branch on the tree of life. Olive warblers are a species of new world songbird, though they aren't actually warblers. In fact, they are not only the sole member of their genus, they are also part of a monophyletic family. They aren't closely related to any other bird. Their next closest relatives, if you go back far enough, are probably the accentors, a strictly old world family that includes dunnocks. Toluca, México, October 2024

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Feeling a little rough and ruffled... The election certainly killed dead my eBird streak - though at 220 days, I doubled my record from last year. Honestly it's good to just have a rest, it's been a great year for birding so far. Canyon towhee, Toluca, México, November 2024

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Pale-billed woodpecker/Carpintero pico plateado - one of the closest living relatives to the famously extinct ivory-billed woodpecker. Manzanillo, Colima, March 2023

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Groove-billed ani/Garrapatero Pijuy - Cuidad de Colima, Colima, March 13, 2023

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Great-tailed grackle/Zanate mayor - probably the most ubiquitous bird in all of México. Chapúltepec, CDMX, March 8, 2023

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