Various birds, San Jose Costa Rica (2 posts) (1 Viewer)

[rylirk]

Hi all! Just got back from Costa Rica and have a lot of birds I'd like confirmations of Starting with birds seen in the capital. My best guesses are:

1. American Yellow Warbler
2. Summer Tanager
3. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
4. Boat-Billed Flycatcher
5. Baltimore Oriole

 

[rylirk]

6. Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird
7. Tennessee Warbler
8. Crimson-Fronted Parakeet
9. Mealy Parrot...???
10. Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird

 

[Andy Adcock]

9 Gives the impression of being a smaller species and it has an all white bill so not Mealy, I'd sayOrange-chinned?

 

[THE_FERN]

9 Gives the impression of being a smaller species and it has an all white bill so not Mealy, I'd sayOrange-chinned?

That would be my guess too. Lightening the picture might help

 

[rylirk]

Picture's already pretty heavily lightened, bird was very silhouetted. If you squint you can maybe see an orange chin on the top bird Would make sense as that was by far the most common parakeet in San Jose.

Any thoughts on the others?

 

[Larry Sweetland]

3 doesn't look like Ruby-throated. Think most of your other suggestions look good (agree with others that9 is not an Amazon)

 

[rylirk]

I have some more photos of 3 if that would help. By far the most common hummingbird in SJ was rufous-tailed, but this one didn't look like an RT to me. Appears to have a red or orange gorget and white throat

 

[njlarsen]

The first image of the question hummer makes it look almost like a brilliant.

Niels

 

[rylirk]

I think the only brilliant expected in CR is green-crowned, which I don't think has the red/orange gorget? I don't think the red colour is a camera artefact, as its visible to various degrees in all my photos of the bird

 

[caffeinated]

I'm wondering whether the "question hummer" could be a juvenile or female Green-breasted Mango? The throat pattern in the 2nd & 3rd photos could be the beginning of those vertical throat/belly stripes, and the bill in the first photo looks a little decurved.

 

[rylirk]

Aha, that looks promising! Shame I didn't get views of the breast