Hummingbirds Costa Rica - April 2019 (1 Viewer)

[cheethambeaton]

Hi all,

Also we have some hummingbirds from CuriCancha reserve, Monteverde that we are trying to ID. All from April 2019.

Thanks,

Paul and Catheryn

 

[njlarsen]

The first is the Violetear which is now Lesser.

Not sure about the others

Niels

 

[cheethambeaton]

Thanks Niels.

 

[njlarsen]

Here is the ebird bar chart for birds in the entrance road to that reserve (did not find the reserve as a hotspot): https://ebird.org/barchart?r=L3629943&yr=all&m=

For number 2, do you have a picture where the wings are at rest? it might be necessary to see the shoulder to distinguish between Black-bellied H, Stripe-tailed H and Coppery-headed Emerald (though I do not see a coppery crown).

I still do not have a good idea of No 3: is the inner part of the lower mandible actually red?

Niels

 

[THE_FERN]

Here is the ebird bar chart for birds in the entrance road to that reserve (did not find the reserve as a hotspot): https://ebird.org/barchart?r=L3629943&yr=all&m=

For number 2, do you have a picture where the wings are at rest? it might be necessary to see the shoulder to distinguish between Black-bellied H, Stripe-tailed H and Coppery-headed Emerald (though I do not see a coppery crown).

I still do not have a good idea of No 3: is the inner part of the lower mandible actually red?

Niels

Yeah I've been puzzling over these too. I think 2 has to be coppery-headed emerald, despite the fact that it looks more like white-tailed emerald (which isn't there, of course). Bill shape rules out the other possibilities I think. Couldn't fit the last, especially with the apparent buff panels in the tail.