2 hummingbirds Ecuador (1 Viewer)

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dannybregman

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• Oct 24, 2018

• #1

Hi everyone,

Yesterday i saw these 2 hummingbirds in north-west Ecuador at an altitude of 1300 meters. I think the first one is a Green-fronted Lancebill and i have no clue of the second one. Can anyone help me?

Danny

 

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THE_FERN

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• Oct 25, 2018

• #2

1 =a lancebill, and agree with you based on brownish appearance but mostly distribution (2 species can be hard to tell apart)
2 = f purple - bibbed whitetip

 

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dannybregman

Well-known member

• Oct 26, 2018

• #3

Okay thanks a lot!

 

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RKFE

New member

• Oct 26, 2018

• #4

Ken Edwards

How can we tell that the second bird isn’t a female booted racket-tail?

 

Motmot

Eduardo Amengual

• Oct 26, 2018

• #5

RKFE said:

How can we tell that the second bird isn’t a female booted racket-tail?

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We can't! Unspotted white throat and chest plus short postocular stripe strongly indicate this is in fact a fem Racket-tail.

 

Last edited: Oct 26, 2018

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dannybregman

Well-known member

• Oct 26, 2018

• #6

Okay thanks for the information!

 

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THE_FERN

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Opus Editor

• Oct 27, 2018

• #7

Motmot said:

We can't! Unspotted white throat and chest plus short postocular stripe strongly indicate this is in fact a fem Racket-tail.

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Actually yes you're right. I was too hasty...