A few birds from Mindo, Ecuador June 2024 (1 Viewer)

[Seth Miller]

I'm currently in Mindo, Ecuador and enjoying the incredible variety of birds. I have a few here I would appreciate help with. I'm at 70 species in the day since we got here, but there are a number here to add to that. They should be pretty simply IDs I think, I just can't quite nail them down.

Pardon the poor photo quality :/

 

[njlarsen]

The first two you need to look at becards, probably cinnamon but maybe female of one of the others
Niels

 

[JWN Andrewes]

The last looks like a female White-lined Tanager.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I'd tentatively suggest Rufous-gaped Hillstar for the hummer, and Orange-bellied for the euphonia

 

[THE_FERN]

I'd tentatively suggest Rufous-gaped Hillstar for the hummer, and Orange-bellied for the euphonia

Tail and extent of "blue" better for imm green-crowned brilliant (which shows a reddish gape area like this). Agree euphonia (female)

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Tail and extent of "blue" better for imm green-crowned brilliant (which shows a reddish gape area like this). Agree euphonia (female)

That works better 👍

 

[Seth Miller]

Thanks all! The becard I'll nail down yet. The rest confirm the tentative ids I made on those today. Thanks!

 

[THE_FERN]

Thanks all! The becard I'll nail down yet. The rest confirm the tentative ids I made on those today. Thanks!

It will be cinnamon Becard but it looks a little strange for that species (perhaps just the angle)

 

[njlarsen]

It will be cinnamon Becard but it looks a little strange for that species (perhaps just the angle)

I wondered if female one-colored would explain the strange bits, but have not had time to peruse further. Did not check range either.
Niels

 

[THE_FERN]

I wondered if female one-colored would explain the strange bits, but have not had time to peruse further. Did not check range either.
Niels

They're both there. Photos I looked at suggest one-coloured lacks the dark lores

 

[njlarsen]

Except that one of the main BOTW/Ebird images show a similar pattern to those photos:

ML30879531 - One-colored Becard - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML30879531; © Anonymous; El Oro, Ecuador

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One more with a lot of dark around the eye

ML31523961 - One-colored Becard - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML31523961; © Bitty Roy; Imbabura, Ecuador

macaulaylibrary.org

text says for female: "often with some dusky feathers around eye area,"

For Cinnamon, dusky does not seem to extend above and below the eye like on the images present here?
Niels

 

[THE_FERN]

For Cinnamon, dusky does not seem to extend above and below the eye like on the images present here?
Niels

Actually first image for cinnamon shows this. But I looked again and maybe one coloured is better: cinnamon should show a pale stripe above the dark lores.

Still have problems with the bill colour (strongly bicoloured) and shape (wedge). Immature male one-coloured might show bicolour. Not sure about bill shape. Reminds of a wedge-billed woodcreeper