File talk:Stripe-tailed Hummingbird.jpg

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Image description page history[edit]

link date/time username edit summary
[1] 19:56, 8 July 2008 User:Common Good
[2] 12:41, 13 June 2008 User:BetacommandBot
[3] 18:52, 15 May 2008 User:PurpleHz
[4] 14:53, 13 May 2008 User:212.10.84.45
[5] 07:04, 30 December 2007 User:Liné1
[6] 22:47, 27 November 2007 User:87.220.13.61
[7] 07:19, 16 August 2007 User:MeegsC
[8] 01:48, 6 November 2006 User:Lawikitejana
[9] 01:25, 21 October 2006 User:Dysmorodrepanis
[10] 20:31, 16 September 2006 User:Dysmorodrepanis
[11] 12:03, 31 August 2006 User:DirkvdM
[12] 04:53, 29 August 2006 User:DirkvdM
[13] 04:53, 29 August 2006 User:DirkvdM
[14] 19:17, 25 August 2006 User:DirkvdM
[15] 13:59, 17 August 2006 User:DirkvdM (A hummingbird (probably a Buff-tailed Coronet) near Santa Elena, Costa Rica, 23 January 2004. Original filename: 3590.jpg {{dvdm-h6}})

Discussions on identification[edit]

Discussion #1[edit]

Someone suggested it was a Buff-tailed Coronet, but now I rather think it is a White-tailed Emerald.

I'd say neither: to find the BTC in Costa Rica would be odd (it does not even go as far N as Panama). Against both speaks the fact that the underparts are rather uniformly green; BTC has a scaled appearance, while WTE has a white lower belly. The best guess I could come up with is a Southern Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia egregia) based on the combination of shape, all-green underside, not completely straight bill and rufous secondaries, but this may not be correct as identifiction of "green" hummers without a clear view of the tail is horribly difficult. The tail is what could speak against STH; if the shadow below the white is just that and not dark retrix tips and if the middle retrices are visible in the picture and not tucked away out of view, it can't be a STH. It could be a species of the "Amazilia" complex (Amazilia, Saucerottia, Agyrtria) or a Chlorostilbon true emerald, but the rusty-red secondaries and the overall shape, respectively, suggest it is not. Dysmorodrepanis 20:31, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree with the Stripe-tailed Hummingbird assessment; it's certainly not a White-tailed Emerald with those rusty remiges and the heavy bill. (The emerald has a smallish, fine bill.) MeegsC 07:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion #2[edit]

imported from duplicate Image:Male white-tailed Emerald.jpg

I'm not sure if the name is right, but over at en:Hummingbird someone suggested it. I image-Googled that and it does look like that's what it is.

The "greeen" ("emerald") hummingbird males look horribly alike. The brown in the wings and lack of white belly strongly suggest that it is not a WTE. Eupherusa eximia egregia, while also beset with some difficulties, is a much better match.
BTW, this image should be deleted as it has been superseded by en::Image:DirkvdM_buff-tailed_coronet.jpg (which incidentially gives another identification which is certainly wrong for geographical reasons).
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