I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.
However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.
The tanager family (thraupidae) is another huge New World family of birds with 386 species currently. The range from the plain seedeaters to the gaudy Tangara genus of beautiful birds.
The juvenile male 7" Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) has a black head, back tails and winds. The underside is mostly yello. The rump is orange. The adult male would be all black except for the orange rump.
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| Flame-rumped Tanager - juvenile male |
The 5" Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotus) has been a tough bird for me. This was only my second time to see it and still not a wonderful photo. It is an easy ID.
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| Glistening-green Tanager |
His cousin is the endemic 5" Multicolored Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima). This beautiful bird was coming to feeders outside of Cali.
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| Multicolored Tanager |
The next bird is the very common male 5.5" Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza). The female is plain dull green. This male is more blue than green whereas the birds in Costa Rica are definitely green.
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| Green Honeycreeper |
The 6" Superciliated Hemispingus (Hemispingus superciliaris) is an olive backed bird, with yellow underneath and a white eyebrow.
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| Superciliated Hemispingus |
The 7" male White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) is all black but for a white line on his shoulder.
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| White-lined Tanager - male |
The female is rufus coloured - hence the Latin species name.
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| White-lined Tanager - female |
Like many birds, the juvenile males appear the same as the females and when they are molting into their adult plumage, they are some of each color. Strange looking.
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| White-lined Tanager - juvenile male molting |
I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing
David McDonald
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