Sunday, April 15, 2018

Flowerpiercers

We saw four flowerpiercer species during the trip.  Here are three of them.  


Above and below:  the Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea).


A really attractive bird.



Above:  Glossy Flowerpiercer (Diglossa lafresnayii)


Above:  Backlit photo of Indigo Flowerpiercer (Diglossa indigotica). We saw this bird well and, as it turns out, it was a good find.  The Indigo occupies a very narrow and small range.  This bird was in a feeding flock going through the Mashpi feeding station.  When he called it out, Jose's voice pitched up a couple of octaves.  As horrible as the photo is, the flowerpiercer bill shape and size is still evident.  

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