Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica ID help (1 Viewer)

[Tonkin14]

Thanks for looking! Here is a batch from my stay at Arenal Observatory Lodge in early June that I can't definitively ID. I appreciate your help.

1, I want to say female Cherrie's Tanager, but it doesn't look like the range extends that far north.
2, Cowbird sp?
3, 8, two Thick-billed seed finches?
4, Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer?
5, Red-lored Parrot?
The last couple, maybe female Scarlet-thighed Dacnis?

 

[Bewick]

Possibly melodious blackbird rather then a cowbird sp and possibly variable seed eater as bills look smaller and more roundish. You also have a Montezuma oropendola in the parrot photo (top left hand corner)- agree with red lored. Possibly crimson collared tanager rather than cherrie's? Also agree with scarlet thighed dacnis.

 

[Indobirder]

1. the taxonomy on these has changed a lot. eBird seems to lump them as Scarlet-rumped Tanager, but subspecies I guess you'd have Passerini's there: https://ebird.org/species/y00599/

 

[Indobirder]

suggest Rufous-tailed Hummingbird for the images labeled 8, 12, and 17

 

[THE_FERN]

Possibly crimson collared tanager rather than cherrie's?

Aha the field guide's layout's caught you out I think. You're using Vallely & Dyer I suspect... Crimson collared has sexes similar (bright red and black).

 

[Tonkin14]

1. the taxonomy on these has changed a lot. eBird seems to lump them as Scarlet-rumped Tanager, but subspecies I guess you'd have Passerini's there: https://ebird.org/species/y00599/

What appears to be an orange rump is throwing me off. And yes, I've noticed that a lot has changed since the guide I have (Garrigues and Dean) was last published in 2014! It has made adding to eBird a bit more challenging.

 

[Tonkin14]

suggest Rufous-tailed Hummingbird for the images labeled 8, 12, and 17

Curious about the one labeled 8--with the pinkish feet, I thought this was a sure bet for Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer? For 12 and 17, do Rufous-tailed hummers have the white or grey that I'm seeing?

 

[njlarsen]

I am not sure whether "8" truly has pinkish feet, but the tail seems too dark for Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. I would not be surprised if the Plumeteleer turns out to be correct.

The other two I think have too much rufous in the tail to be most other hummers. Light and wind might be causing some effects there.
Niels

 

[Tonkin14]

I am not sure whether "8" truly has pinkish feet, but the tail seems too dark for Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. I would not be surprised if the Plumeteleer turns out to be correct.

The other two I think have too much rufous in the tail to be most other hummers. Light and wind might be causing some effects there.
Niels

You're likely right on the Rufous-tailed. I have much trouble with hummingbirds because they look completely different colors at every turn. Here is a picture of clearer pink feet of another individual that I saw in a nearby location at a different time.

 

[njlarsen]

You're likely right on the Rufous-tailed. I have much trouble with hummingbirds because they look completely different colors at every turn. Here is a picture of clearer pink feet of another individual that I saw in a nearby location at a different time.

Good for you! On the other picture I am just not sure that the tiny red blob is a foot.
Niels

 

[THE_FERN]

I am not sure whether "8" truly has pinkish feet, but the tail seems too dark for Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. I would not be surprised if the Plumeteleer turns out to be correct.

The other two I think have too much rufous in the tail to be most other hummers. Light and wind might be causing some effects there.
Niels

Yes, also bill looks long for other species and there's the tail shape