Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist

This lovely North American bird has been split and lumped several times now and is likely to be split once moreMystery Bird photographed at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac, Texas (North America). [I will identify this species for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 January 2012 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only) [velociraptorize].Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Question: This lovely North American bird has been split and lumped several times now and is likely to be split once more. Heyyy, wait a minute, what's this "lump" and "split" business? What am I talking about? Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and species? Can you tell me which characters are the basis for splitting this bird? Is this an immature or adult bird?The Rules: 1. Keep in mind that people live in zillions of different time...

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