[MarkCaunt]

Hi all interested in your comments on these 2 images.
Buff-tailed coronet? (Taken at San Isidro)
&
Broad Billed or Rufous Motmot? (Maquipacuna)
Thanks in advance!

[Rasmus Boegh]

The first is a Broad-billed Motmot, and the second an imm. Chestnut-breasted Coronet. The latter often trick people due to the more extensive green to the underparts than in the ad's (not made easier by the fact that field guides typically only illustrate the ad. of this species), but fortunately they only keep the potentially confusing imm. plumage for a rather brief period. The tail is paler in Buff-tailed (photo: http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2/sites...92.preview.JPG), which is a rare visitor to San Isidro (but it's very common on the opposite slope, e.g. at Tandayapa). In contrast, Chestnut-breasted is among the commonest hummingbirds at San Isidro.

Two brief notes for your site: Not really that important, but there is a hyphen in Pale-mandibled Aracari, and if including a hyphen in the wren, it is Southern House-wren (or House-Wren, if following the "AOU rules" for the use of caps). Regardless, great photos.

[lmans66]

Great shots and you got the entire bird too!...Sometimes hard to do considering the foliage down there!

[MarkCaunt]

thanks guys for kind comments and also the readjustments. Think Ive taken care of them now.
http://www.markcauntphotography.com/...thamerica.html

What tipped you off on the motmot?

[Rasmus Boegh]

Originally Posted by MarkCaunt

What tipped you off on the motmot?

Shape of bill, shape of rear section of black mask, relatively pale edging to the primaries, relatively limited extend of rufous below, and greenish-blue chin.

[jacana]

those are fantastic pictures Mark!