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June 3, Quito, Ecuador birds (1 Viewer)

howiewu

howiewu

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Hi,

I took these pictures Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve north of Quito, Ecuador on June 3, 2018, at the rim of the crater. Sorry about the poor quality of these photos.

Here are my thoughts:
1-2: probably the same bird, Sparkling Violetear?
3: Green-tailed trainbearer?
4-5: probably the same bird, Plain-colored Seedeater?

What do you think?

Thanks in advance,
Howard
 

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Sparkling Violetear and Plain-colored Seedeater, yes.

On the Trainbearer, from the amount of green visible and the emerald vs blue-green color we can suppose a female Green-tailed but iridescent colors are hard to interpret from one photo and I wouldn't commit 100% to the ID.
 
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