Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher: Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica — The Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher is listed as “common” in most field guides and I suppose it might be…but its range is limited to specific elevations in the higher mountains of Costa Rica and Panama, so it is not an easy bird to see. I have been taking groups to Costa Rica for 10 years, and this is the first one I have seen 🙂 It is, of course, related to the Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher of slightly lower elevations, and to the Phanopepla you might have seen if you visited the South-west United States. It is not a flycatcher at all (and it is not particularly “silky” as the photo will attest). Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Photo and Apple Photos. (Cropped to at least 1000mm equivalent.) ISO 800 @ f4 @ 1/500th. -.7 EV