PN Los Quetzales 3 Flashcards by Steve Kelling

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Ruddy Tree runner

This small forest bird is bright rufous overall with an obvious white throat and eyebrow. Similar to various spinetails and foliage-gleaners, but it’s the only small rufous-brown bird in its range with such a prominent head pattern.

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Buffy Tuftedcheek

buffy throat and neck. Other plumage features include dark wings with buffy bars, mottled underparts, and cinnamon tail.

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Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

slender, slightly curved bill, fine creamy dots on the crown, and creamy streaking on underparts.

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Silvery-fronted Tapaculo

Silvery-fronted is the only tapaculo in its range, and the male has a distinctive whitish eyebrow. Also look for browner flanks with dark bars.

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Northern Emerald Toucanet

grass-green toucan, rusty tail tips, best seen from below. Pattern of black and yellow on bill varies from region to region

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Collared Trogon

Relatively small, red-bellied trogon. Male’s tail is dark below with narrow white barring; female’s tail is pale grayish below with narrow black-and-white bars at the tips.

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Resplendent Quetzal

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Volcano Hummingbird

Male throat varies from steely grayish-purple to bright magenta; note short straight bill and rufous in tail.

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White-throated Mountain-Gem

Medium-sized hummingbird, male mostly green with bold white throat, white line behind eye, and blue crown. Gray tail in the western parts of range, blue in the east. Female not quite as colorful but still striking: bright buffy underparts with black cheek and white line behind eye.

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Fiery-throated Hummingbird

If you see the throat in good light, there is no mistaking this beauty: no other hummingbird combines every color of the rainbow on the throat and breast.

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Talamanca Hummingbird

Very large for a hummingbird; size alone separates from many other species. Distinctive in range. Males are green overall; head appears black until it hits the light and reveals an iridescent purple crown and turquoise throat.

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Lesser Violetear

Medium-sized hummingbird, all sparkly green with obvious blue or purple cheek patch. Bill is slightly decurved.

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White-collared Swift

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Ruddy Pigeon

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Band-tailed Pigeon

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Spotted Wood-Quail

erect crest, blackish throat, and white polka dots on breast.

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Black Guan

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Barred Antshrike (female)

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Barred Antshrike (male)

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