Yellow-thighed Brushfinch - The aptly named Yellow-thighed Finch is a common understory bird of montane tropical wet forests above 1200 m. It is a true Central American endemic, found only in Costa Rica and western Panamá. Traveling in social groups and multi-species flocks, it feeds on nectar, insects, spiders, berries and proteinaceous Müllerian bodies. This finch readily pursues its diverse prey items out of the forest understory, into pastures, gardens and along forest edges, flicking its tail often. It wears a sooty, slaty gray on its back and underparts, and a deep black on its wings, long tail, head and throat. Its notable bright yellow thighs almost glow, contrasting sharply with the bird's dark remainder. Its songs are a jumbled mix of bubbly whistles and buzzes, repeated rapidly at length. In Spanish, it is called cerquero musliamarillo, sabanero de piernas amarillas, or saltón de muslos amarillos.
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The Flame-colored Tanager is widespread and common in the highlands of Central America, from northern Mexico south to western Panama. It primarily is resident, but some individuals disperse, especially after breeding, and it is a rare visitor to the mountains of the southwestern United States. Flame-colored Tanager occurs in a variety of forested habitats, including humid evergreen forest, pine-oak forests, and forest edge. Males are primarily orange or red, with dusky stripes on the back, and black wings with prominent white wing bars and tips to the tertials. The male of subspecies bidentata of western Mexico is more orange, especially on the face and the belly, than are males of the three other subspecies, which are redder overall. Females lack red or orange; they are olive above, with dusky streaks, and yellow below, with a wing pattern similar to that of the male. This species forages for a variety of fruits and insects in the midstory and canopy. Flame-colored Tanager usually travels alone or in pairs, which frequently associate with mixed-species flocks. This is a juvenile. Photographed at Copay de Dota - Costa Rica.
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Male Black-bellied Hummingbirds give the species its name, with their black underparts that extend up through the face to the forecrown. Females, on the other hand, are light gray below. Both males and females are mostly bronzy green above. Black-bellied Hummingbirds live in cool, wet forests and bordering shaded pastures or coffee plantations in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Picture taken at Bosque de Paz - Costa Rica.
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King Vulture - Juvenile - King Vulture is a large, striking bird of undisturbed lowland forests, from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina. The body of the adult is largely white, with contrasting black remiges and a blackish neck ruff. The head and neck are bare and covered in protruding skin folds and intricate patterns of purple, orange, and yellow. Young birds are entirely dark, and attain the white plumage and colorful head and neck of adults gradually over the course of their first four years. Like other vultures, the King is a scavenger. It apparently lacks a developed sense of smell, so it must depend on other vultures to lead it to food. Its large size and powerful bill then allow it to dominate at a carcass, ripping into areas that the smaller vultures cannot reach. It nests on the ground or in tree stumps, and lays a single egg per nesting attempt. doi.org/10.2173/bow.kinvul1.01
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The White-throated Mountain-gem is endemic to the highlands of southern Central America. Rather remarkably, given the species’ small range, it comprises two subspecies—the nominate of western Panama and L. c. cinereicauda of southern Costa Rica—which differ primarily in tail pattern. The nominate male has a dark green tail with a bluish-black subterminal band, whereas Costa Rican males have an entirely gray tail. Differences between females are more subtle: in Costa Rica, females have a dull bronzy green tail, whilst in Panama they have a darker bronzy-green tail with a prominent subterminal band. In the latter country, females of this species closely resemble females of Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus). doi.org/10.2173/bow.wtmgem1.02
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