MALE HISPANIOLAN EMERALD, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Hispaniolan Emerald as follows:

• Slightly down curved bill with black upper mandible.  Can't make out lower mandible.
• Small white spot behind eye.  You can just make this out in both photos, but is clearer in the first photo.
• Forehead, cheeks and crown are dull and dark.
• The rest of the upperparts  and flanks are green.
• Greenish throat.
• Forked tail.

      The Hispaniolan Emerald, which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, is a new species to our Photographic Life.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,076.