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.