Monteverde Hummer odd coloration (1 Viewer)

bajadreamer

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• Apr 13, 2017

• #1

This bird was seen in Monteverde in February. I know that hummers can be really confusing depending on the light direction and intensity but this one is really different. There were lots of Violet Sabrewings and Green Violet-ears about the feeders, but none of them resembled this guy. These are true colors as they came out of the camera.

 

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njlarsen

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• Apr 13, 2017

• #2

Your Green Violet-ear is actually now split into Lesser Violetear, and that is what this one is. As you say, light can be weird.

Niels

 

bajadreamer

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• Apr 13, 2017

• #3

Thank you. I am still using the first edition of Garrigues. I have the 2nd edition waiting for me when I return to the US. If this was changed in 2016, even the 2nd edition is probably not accurate. Oh my, as if these hummers were not hard enough to ID.

 

njlarsen

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• Apr 14, 2017

• #4

The split did not produce overlapping species so not extra difficult

Niels