ML469432011

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

***rare. Spotted by GFS visiting flowers in a patch of Chusquea next to road exactly here (4.7186452, -73.8667200). Eventually perched facing away from us. Overall plumage and form suggested Metallura but seemed a little big and the tail wasn’t dark metallic reddish as expected for M. tyrinanthina. White eyespot behind eye particularly prominent as was bright green back and rump (no rusty tones on rump). Cameron was able to manage one decent photo before it flew off. A few minutes later GFS saw what was likely the same individual visiting flowers higher upslope and noted streaked underparts with paler throat and chest and a buffy or brownish lower belly and vent area. Cameron’s photo will be uploaded in a few weeks at the end of his trip. The photo shows a medium bill with a slight hint of an upturned tip, rusty face, prominent white eye spot, bright green back with no other coloration and a dull metallic green tail. Separated from female Metallura tyrinanthina by tail color and from Ramphomicron by bill size, all green rump with no rust coloration at base of rump, and tail color (metallic green not dark blue or black).

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

1000

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

1805 pixels x 1504 pixels

Original file size

1.57 MB