Thursday, August 21, 2025
White-necked Jacobin
The White-necked Jacobin is a rather large, spectacular hummingbird of humid tropical lowlands that favors forest edges, adjacent clearings with scattered trees and flowering bushes, and gardens.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Volcano Junco
The Volcano Junco, seen here gathering nesting material, has a staring yellow eye set against black face. Otherwise, gray with browner flanks, brown back with black streaks and a pale pink bill.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Talamanca Hummingbird
The Talamanca Hummingbird is a very large for a hummingbird and size alone separates it from many other species.
Males are green overall and the head appears black until it hits the light and reveals an iridescent purple crown and turquoise throat like seen on this male image above.
Females, as seen in the above image, are duller with fuzzy mottled appearance on grayish underparts and some greenish on sides. Note the large white spot behind the eye that trails into a messy eyeline. The females have a longer and slightly more decurved bill than males.
They use to be called Magnificent Hummingbird, but recently split into Rivoli’s Hummingbird (from southwest U.S. to Nicaragua) and Talamanca Hummingbird (found in mossy cloud forest in Costa Rica and Panama). Cornell All About Birds
Males are green overall and the head appears black until it hits the light and reveals an iridescent purple crown and turquoise throat like seen on this male image above.
Females, as seen in the above image, are duller with fuzzy mottled appearance on grayish underparts and some greenish on sides. Note the large white spot behind the eye that trails into a messy eyeline. The females have a longer and slightly more decurved bill than males.
Friday, August 15, 2025
Spotted Woodcreeper
The Spotted Woodcreeper is a medium to large woodcreeper of humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest in highlands and foothills that feeds on trunks and larger branches, often at bromeliads.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
The Crimson-fronted Parakeet is a mostly green with long, pointed tail and red forehead.
Monday, August 11, 2025
Crested Guan
The Crested Guan is a very large, long-tailed game bird of tropical and subtropical forest. They are often seen high in trees or flying through the forest canopy.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Collared Trogon
The Collared Trogon is a relatively small, red-bellied trogon of humid forest in tropical lowlands and foothills.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Gray-headed Chachalaca
The Gray-headed Chachalaca is a large chickenlike bird with long neck and tail and is overall brown with a grayer head.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Rufous-collared Sparrow
The Rufous-collared Sparrow is a handsomely patterned sparrow from the highlands of Chiapas south to temperate South America. They occur in open and semiopen habitats such as villages, towns, and farmland with hedges and brushy thickets.
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Great Curassow
The Great Curassow is a very large game bird of tropical forest, eliminated from most areas by hunting. Rarely found except in protected parks or very remote areas.
Usually seen on the forest floor, like in this image, either singly or in small groups, but also feeds in trees. Males often sing from high in canopy and their song is a very low-pitched, almost subliminal, booming sound.
Usually seen on the forest floor, like in this image, either singly or in small groups, but also feeds in trees. Males often sing from high in canopy and their song is a very low-pitched, almost subliminal, booming sound.
Friday, August 1, 2025
Buff-rumped Warbler
The Buff-rumped Warbler is a small ground-dwelling warbler frequently found around water, especially forested streams. Also often seen hopping along trails and sometimes around army ant swarms.
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