ORANGE-CHINNED PARAKEETS, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

CRIMSON-COLLARED TANAGER, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, 10/10/2022

 

PALM TANAGERS, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

FEMALE OLIVE-BACKED EUPHONIA, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

 

BLACK-CRESTED COQUETTE, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

   We can ID this hummingbird as Black-crested Coquette as follows:

• Tiny and insect like
• Green upperparts with white rump band
• This is the only Coquette hummingbird to inhabit the Caribbean slopes of Central America

     The Black-crested Coquette is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,063.

 

BRONZE-TAILED PLUMELETEER, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,062 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Red-footed Plumeleteer) follows:

• Pinkish-red feet 
• Pinkish lower mandible and dark upper mandible
• Glittering green head and breast
• The subspecies in Costa Rica and Nicaragua does not actually have a bronze tail, which is why it is sometimes called a Red-footed Plumeleteer. 

    The Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,062.