masonflint
Active member
Still working through photos from this year and re-identifying species I photographed in Peru. The attached photos show two species. I believe the one on the left is a Lesser Violetear (distinct from Mexican/Green in eBird FWIW (but open to being corrected).
The bird on the right is confusing me a bit. My gut is that it's a White-bellied Woodstar due to size, white breast and partial white ocular line but poor light doesn't show any color in gorget and the post-ocular line isn't complete described in Birds of the World. Maybe I'm nitpicking but this was months ago so re-learning some of the birds.
Please share any ideas and hopefully I'm not three families off on the ID for both of these species.
Thx
The bird on the right is confusing me a bit. My gut is that it's a White-bellied Woodstar due to size, white breast and partial white ocular line but poor light doesn't show any color in gorget and the post-ocular line isn't complete described in Birds of the World. Maybe I'm nitpicking but this was months ago so re-learning some of the birds.
Please share any ideas and hopefully I'm not three families off on the ID for both of these species.
Thx
