MALE ELEGANT TROGON, SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA

   Even though we can't see the front of this bird we can ID it as a male Elegant Trogon as follows:

• Yellow bill.
• Orange eye-ring.
• Black face and throat.
• Gray wings.
• Irredescent green rest of head, neck and back.
• Long, square-tipped tail.

   The Elegant Trogon is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 291.