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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rasmus Boegh" data-source="post: 1482399" data-attributes="member: 1146">The first is a Broad-billed Motmot, and the second an imm. Chestnut-breasted Coronet. The latter often trick people due to the more extensive green to the underparts than in the ad's (not made easier by the fact that field guides typically only illustrate the ad. of this species), but fortunately they only keep the potentially confusing imm. plumage for a rather brief period. The tail is paler in Buff-tailed (photo: <a href="http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2/sites/blogs.bcit.ca.catttrax2/files/images/DSC_3892.preview.JPG" target="_blank">http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2/sites/blogs.bcit.ca.catttrax2/files/images/DSC_3892.preview.JPG</a>), which is a rare visitor to San Isidro (but it's very common on the opposite slope, e.g. at Tandayapa). In contrast, Chestnut-breasted is among the commonest hummingbirds at San Isidro.Two brief notes for your site: Not really that important, but there is a hyphen in Pale-mandibled Aracari, and if including a hyphen in the wren, it is Southern House-wren (or House-Wren, if following the "AOU rules" for the use of caps). Regardless, great photos.</blockquote>