MALE & FEMALE SCARLET-THIGHED DACNIS, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,065 TO LIFE LIST

   The male Scarlet-thighed Dacnis is shown in the first photo and the upper right of the third third photo.  The female Scarlet-thighed Dacnis is shown in the second photo and the lower left of the third photo. 

   We can ID the male with its combination of  bright turquoise-blue (crown, nape, sides of head, upper back and rump) and black (forehead, lores, lower back and wings we can see).  We can ID the female with its buff underparts.

   The Scarlet-thighed Dacnis is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,065.