Ecuador Birds - Nov 2018 (1 Viewer)

[cheethambeaton]

Hi all,

We have some unidentified birds from our visit to Ecuador last year. All of them are from November 2018. Does anyone know what they are?

Thanks,

Paul and Catheryn

BIRD 1 - City of Loja, Ecuador
BIRD 2 - Podocaprus National Park, Loja side, Ecuador
BIRD 3 - City of Loja, Ecuador
BIRD 4 - Podocaprus National Park, Zamora side, Ecuador
BIRD 5 - City of Cuenca, Ecuador

 

[Andy Adcock]

3 Shiny Cowbird
4 Seems to be Black Phoebe.
5 Looks Kestrel like?

 

[mjh73]

1. One-coloured Becard
2. I'll get back to you!
3. agree with Andy, Shiny Cowbird
4. agree with Andy, Black Phoebe
5. American Kestrel

 

[mjh73]

2. Tending towards Viridian Metaltail

 

[cheethambeaton]

Thanks both,

Paul and Catheryn

 

[pbjosh]

For the hummingbird the tail appears simply too long for a Metaltail. My thought tends towards Green-tailed Trainbearer male with incomplete tail. The other option color-wise would be a Long-tailed Sylph mail with an incomplete tail but the Sylphs generally have a more sloped forehead. Even allowing for raised feathers, I think I tend more towards Green-tailed Trainbearer.