Friday Quiz #129

Last week's tricky bird was an Eastern Meadowlark. About the only reliable field mark available is the white malar stripe below the bill. Generally speaking the best way with meadowlarks is by range or, when they overlap, you have to rely on voice.

For this week we have another species that is impossible to identify by plumage - range is the only way to tell and, even then, it may overlap with one close cousin and, in that case, you would have to hear the voice. Two hints can be found below the fold . . .