Hummingbird in Panama City, Panama (1 Viewer)

[akjackson1]

This mystery hummingbird was taken in the Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City on Oct 10 last year. I've gone through all the expected hummingbirds at that hotspot and nothing seems to match up with the tail shape, bronzy tones on the lower back and fully gray breast. I almost wonder if the two shots that show the bronzy tones (3649 and 3651) are a different individual, but they were only taken 3 seconds after the others and I don't recall seeing more than one hummingbird in the area. Any thoughts?

 

[buckofdurham]

It could it be a female Ruby Throated one.

 

[akjackson1]

It could it be a female Ruby Throated one.

No, for many reasons. One reason being they don’t occur in that part of Panama.

 

[njlarsen]

I think there likely could be more than one species in these photos. There are a couple of options for the 3649/51 tail color, for example
Black-throated Mango - BirdForum Opus.

Ruby-throats occur to within 100 k of where you were, and as they are migratory, it could easily be an overshoot of one bird for a couple of images.
Niels

 

[THE_FERN]

No, for many reasons. One reason being they don’t occur in that part of Panama.

Agree, also they don't have blue tails and golden rumps

 

[guy_incognito]

I see that it isn't expected at that location, but the feet appear reddish in picture #4, and the bronzy rump along with the overall GISS may support Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer.

Agree that there could be photos of a second bird to confuse things (#2 and #7).

 

[THE_FERN]

Yes Bronze-tailed plumeleteer and a.n.other. I'm not sure the quality of the other photos is good enough for id.

 

[buckofdurham]

I'll go with that. Itmight be a male bronze plumeater. Do you have plums in yoyr area?

I think this is a male Bronze Plumeater. The female may look more like a female Ruby Throated. Although I do not see a blue or bluish tail in either one.

Please specify male or female when identifying birds.

 

[THE_FERN]

I'll go with that. Itmight be a male bronze plumeater. Do you have plums in yoyr area?

I think this is a male Bronze Plumeater. The female may look more like a female Ruby Throated. Although I do not see a blue or bluish tail in either one.

Please specify male or female when identifying birds.

Yes; plums are widely consumed in the UK

This is a male bronze-tailed plumeleteer. The other unidentified female is most likely a female bronze-tailed plumeleteer although there are some other possibilities. It is definitely not a ruby-throated hummingbird.

The tail reflects light differently according the angle. You can see the distal part of 651 appears bluish. This variation is captured in the Keuleman's illustration of the male's tail (underside) here:

Bronze-tailed plumeleteer - Wikipedia

where he shows the tail as somewhat purple.

 

[buckofdurham]

Yes; plums are widely consumed in the UK

This is a male bronze-tailed plumeleteer. The other unidentified female is most likely a female bronze-tailed plumeleteer although there are some other possibilities. It is definitely not a ruby-throated hummingbird.

The tail reflects light differently according the angle. You can see the distal part of 651 appears bluish. This variation is captured in the Keuleman's illustration of the male's tail (underside) here:

Bronze-tailed plumeleteer - Wikipedia

where he shows the tail as somewhat purple.

That's truly a beauty. Thanks for the info.

Quick story I'm about half sure you're interested in.
Years ago I used to do Taxidermy. I mounted several HB's that had ran into windows and perrished. I never skinned them. I simply injected them with formaldahyde then ran a long pin through their beak then attaching it to a fake flower. In the dehumidifier for 48 hours is all it took.

Well one I mounted. I called the lady and said it was ready to be picked up. The next morning I came into the shop and it had beeN shredded. My cat sat near by smiling.
So I called the customer and told her the cat ate her humming bird. She didn't belive it. She brought an entire Motor Cycle gang to my shop thretening me. I finally calmed them down and assured them I could have another one ready with in a week. And I did.
BTW It was a female Ruby Throated.