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.