Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico July 2015 |
From July 11-23, 2015, Sheridan and I spent four days in the central Chiapas area as part of the GBNA biennial meeting, and then a week in south/central Oaxaca as part of a private group, ably organized and lead by Michael Retter.
These "West Mexico" Blue Buntings Cyanocompsa parellina indigotica were seen along one of the water tower roads on the outskirts of Huatulco, southern Oaxaca:
The male is similar to the eastern/southern forms...
- but the female is significantly different: