CLAY-COLORED THRUSH, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/11/2022

 

CRIMSON-COLLARED TANAGERS, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/11/2022

 

SAN FERNANDO WATERFALL, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/11/2022

 

EMERALD TOUCANET OR NORTHERN EMERALD TOUCANET, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/11/2022

 

MALE COPPERY-HEADED EMERALD, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, 10/11/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,070 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Coppery-headed Emerald as follows:

• Downcurved bill
• Coppery crown.  You can particularly see this in the second and third photos
• Glittering green face. throat and underparts
• White outer tail feathers

   The Coppery-headed Emerald, which is endemic to Costa Rica, is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,070.

 

MALE PRONG-BILLED BARBET, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/11/2022

   We can ID this bird as a male Prong-billed Barbet as follows:

• Stout blue-gray bill
• Red eyes
• Ochre (brown-yellow) cap, face and upper breast
• Nape is also ochre, but with a verticalblack stripe (males only)
• Rest of bird graying with ochre wash in places

   The Prong-billed Barbet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,069.

 

 

TORRENT TYRANNULET, MOUNTAIN STREAM, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/11/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,068 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this tyrant flycatcher as a Torrent Tyrannulet as follows:

• Small size and in exactly its right habitat: fast moving mountain stream perching on rocks and or low branches in or close to the edge of streams
• Dark cap and face with a whitish throat
• Overall a combination of gray and black

   The Torrent Tyrannulet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,068.