Birds Wearing Black-n-Gold

Black and yellow birds who flock together in Western Panama (photo composite)
Black and yellow birds who flock together in Western Panama (photo composite)

On Throw Back Thursday:

These birds are wearing black-n-gold!

Just before the Steelers AFC Championship game in 2011 I explained why these black and yellow species tend to flock together.

This Sunday the Steelers are again in the AFC Championship.  What better time to revisit birds wearing black-n-gold.  Read on!

Wearing Black ‘N’ Gold

 

(composite photo credits, top left to right, then bottom left to right:
1. Slate-throated Whitestart: Corey Finger on 10000birds.com
2. Sooty-capped Bush Tanager: Wikipedia
3. Yellow-thighed Finch: Wikimedia Commons
4. Collared Whitestart: Jan Axel on janbirdingblog.blogspot.com
5. Silver-throated Tanager: Kent Fiala’s Website
6. Yellow-throated Brush Finch: Atrevido1 at Solo Aves on Flickr
)

5 thoughts on “Birds Wearing Black-n-Gold

  1. Kate, Shouldn’t it be Collared REDstart? I recognize this bird, a favorite from a trip to Costa Rica, and that’s what it’s called in my CR bird book.

    1. Mary, the bird, Myioborus torquatus, goes by either name — whitestart or redstart. As Wikipedia explains here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collared_whitestart), “Like other members of Myioborus, it is often called a “whitestart” rather than a “redstart”.”
      p.s. My Costa Rica field guide calls it a collared redstart, too. Perhaps that’s the preferred name in Costa Rica … or the preferred name by the authors. I was careful to choose a photo taken in Panama; the photo was labeled whitestart.

  2. Here in Southern California, at our Steelers fans’ house, our Lavender is filled with Lesser Goldfinches.

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