Contributor
Aaron Beerman Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Santa Cruz, Arizona, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
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- Sex
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Media notes
Mexican Brown Creeper
Observation details
I was intrigued by an extremely dark, almost charcoal colored Creeper that we found by the river. I've never seen a Creeper quite like this one. The "Mexican" Brown Creeper (which DNA testing suggests maybe represent a separate species) is the most distinctive Creeper subspecies, and differs from the others by: -dark overall, blackish-brown above narrowly streaked with white -rump dark chestnut -more extensive buffy below than other subspecies -underparts darker sooty gray (offset by whitish throat) -bill fairly short (shorter than Rocky Mountain birds) and may be more strongly curved -wings short and rounded Source: http://www.sibleyguides.com/2011/01/is-the-brown-creeper-more-than-one-species/
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3400
- ISO
- 1250
- Focal length
- 210 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 3815 pixels x 2543 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.83 MB