Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola subsp. intermedia) Sexes similar. Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Western slope of the Andes; tropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) and Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola). I watched this behavior unfold three times. The first time I had no witnesses but the last two times my wife and others got to see it. The first time the Green Honeycreeper grabbed the Bananaquit by the tail let it...
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola subsp. mexicana) Sexes similar. Photographed at the hummingbird feeders at La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Vera Blanca, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Southern-slope of Pos Volcano. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 1,585 m (5,200 ft) elevation.
Description: 4-5 inches; upperparts black with some white patches ; black head with white eyebrow stripe (yellow in juveniles); bill curved; neck black, breast yellow, rump white
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Although this bird was not a new species for me, it was the first time I have been able to get some decent shots of it.
It is also a warbler size bird.
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