3 Hummingbird - Honduras (1 Viewer)

[kevinsl06]

All taken in the last two weeks at the Omega Eco lodge, Atlántida, Honduras. (about 5 miles from La Ceiba)
Thank you!

 

[Butty]

1. A large part of the 'bill' looks to be extended tongue. Rufous-tailed hummingbird looks OK. You can just see rufous in vent area.
2-3. Stripe-throated hermit?

 

[THE_FERN]

4-5 perhaps Azure-crowned (can see some blue and vent doesn't look pure white)

 

[kevinsl06]

Thank you both!
Being it is a lifer, would someone else mind confirming the Azure-crowned? I just don't like to clam a lifer without be absolutely sure.

 

[THE_FERN]

Thank you both!
Being it is a lifer, would someone else mind confirming the Azure-crowned? I just don't like to clam a lifer without be absolutely sure.

Not sure what else it can be. What do you think?

 

[njlarsen]

I went through the Fagan and Komar field guide to look for alternatives, and for me, Azure-crowned was the only one making sense for images 4-5. I considered and rejected the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing. Compare:

ML30768061 - Azure-crowned Hummingbird - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML30768061; © John van Dort; Francisco Morazán, Honduras

macaulaylibrary.org

Niels

 

[THE_FERN]

I went through the Fagan and Komar field guide to look for alternatives, and for me, Azure-crowned was the only one making sense for images 4-5. I considered and rejected the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing. Compare:

ML30768061 - Azure-crowned Hummingbird - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML30768061; © John van Dort; Francisco Morazán, Honduras

macaulaylibrary.org

Niels

Definitely not that (sabrewing)

 

[kevinsl06]

Not sure what else it can be. What do you think?

I wasn't disagreeing, it is the only thing I could find that matched. It is simply my custom to not clam a lifer on less than two id's, on birds that I don't fell qualified to identify myself.

 

[kevinsl06]

Thank you both!

 

[THE_FERN]

I wasn't disagreeing, it is the only thing I could find that matched. It is simply my custom to not clam a lifer on less than two id's, on birds that I don't fell qualified to identify myself.

Up to you of course, but I'd only take someone else's word for it if they presented decent arguments and I believed them. I'm not convinced consensus is always right...

 

[kevinsl06]

Up to you of course, but I'd only take someone else's word for it if they presented decent arguments and I believed them. I'm not convinced consensus is always right...

I totally agree. In fact, in many cases, the more people flock to something, the more I am likely to dislike/disagree with it.
Just my observation, but it seems masses of people can easily be swayed into believing what someone wants them to, even if it isn't necessarily true.