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Gander

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Trying to ID hummingbirds off webcams (all live streamed today).

First two screen snips from California. Allen's and/or Anna's?

Next two from Ecuador. Last two from Peru.
 

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Helpful if we know where.

Humming 3 = violet-purple coronet (l), and brown violetear (r)
,, 4 = white-necked jacobin (f). rear too small to tell
,, 5 = l probably unidentifiable; r = looks like shining sunbeam
,, 6 = sparkling violetear
 
3. Velvet-purple Coronet and Brown Violet ear
4. White-necked Jacobin, hard to tell on back bird but maybe Velvet-purple Coronet again
5. Sparkling Violetear (top left), probably Shining Sunbeam? More info on location would be helpful
6. Sparkling Violetear
 
Helpful if we know where.

Humming 3 = violet-purple coronet (l), and brown violetear (r)
,, 4 = white-necked jacobin (f). rear too small to tell
,, 5 = l probably unidentifiable; r = looks like shining sunbeam
,, 6 = sparkling violetear

3. Velvet-purple Coronet and Brown Violet ear
4. White-necked Jacobin, hard to tell on back bird but maybe Velvet-purple Coronet again
5. Sparkling Violetear (top left), probably Shining Sunbeam? More info on location would be helpful
6. Sparkling Violetear
First two photos are from Simi Valley, CA. Second two are from Mindo, Ecuador, and last two from Urubama, Peru.
 
It would be clearer if you posted one, or perhaps two, birds from the same area in a single post. In the first two photos you appear to have Anna's Hummingbirds (green rumps) and Allen's Hummingbirds (rufous rumps), though it is perhaps impossible to exclude Rufous Hummingbird as a possibility for those with reddish rumps.
 
Looking again, for the green-rumped birds all those for which we can see the gorget seem to be Anna's, but it is possible some of the others are Costa's Hummingbird.
 

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