The Masked Tityra in the first, second and last photo is a male. The Masked Tityra in the third photo (with brown head) is a female.
Monday, June 3, 2019
MISTLETOE TYRANNULET (ZIMMERIUS PARVUS), LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019
We can ID this Tyrant Flycatcher as a Mistletoe Tyrannulet as follows:
- Very small size
- Short stubby black bill
- Gray crown
- No wing bars, but wings have bright yellow edging (see second photo)
- Whitish breast
- Greenish upperparts
- Pale eyebrow
The Mistletoe Tyrannulet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 865.
COLLARED ARACARI (PTEROGLOSSUS TORQUATUS), LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019
We can ID this Toucan as a Collared Aracari as follows:
- Blackish band across yellow underparts. The yellow breast has a red wash.
- Black head with yellow eyes
- Black upperparts
- Upper mandible of bill is dull yellow, marked with a black saw-tooth pattern
- Lower mandible of bill is black
The Collared Aracari is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 864.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
GREY-NECKED WOOD-RAIL (ARAMIDES CAJANEA), LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019
We can ID this rail as a Grey-necked Wood-Rail as follows:
- Grey head and neck
- Red eyes
- Coral-red legs
- Yellowish bill
- Rufous chest and flanks
The Grey-necked Wood-Rail is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 863.
RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD IN FLIGHT (AMAZILIA TZACATL), LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019
We can ID this hummingbird as a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird as follows:
- Generally green body
- Bright rufous, forked tail with a dusky tip
- Rufous rump
- Pinkish bill
- Dingy greyish-olive belly
The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 862.
FEMALE CROWNED WOODNYMPH (THALURANIA COLOMBICA), LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019
Even though the colors of this hummingbird do not show in these photos, we can ID it as a female Crowned Woodnymph as follows:
- The Merlin photo app did ID this hummingbird as a Crowned Woodnymph
- We were in the range of the Crowned Woodnymph (the Violet-crowned Woodnymph subspecies)
- Fairly long, slightly downcurved bill
- Whitish throat of the female
- White tipped tail of female (see second photo)
The Crowned Woodnymph is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 861.
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