Copyright: monacoeye • Ecuador • April 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: White Bellied Woodstar
Latin: Chaetocercus mulsant
Other: Colibrí de Mulsant
Family: Trochilidae • Hummingbirds
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile
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These White-Bellied Woodstars were seen at Guango Lodge, 2800m altitude on the eastern Andean slope in Ecuador.

The male, above, is green and white with purple throat, and female, below, more buffy.

Further below, a shot from Dirk shows the purple throat of the male clearly.

Directly below, a female White-Bellied Woodstar at Guango Lodge, Ecuador, April.
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Copyright: DK/monacoeye • Bolivia • April 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Ash Breasted Sierra Finch
Latin: Phrygilus plebejus
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Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Sierra Finches
Range: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
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Many thanks to Dirk for sending in this photo of an Ash-breasted Sierra Finch, taken near Sucre in Bolivia, 2700 m altitude.

Copyright: DK/monacoeye • Chile/Bolivia • March 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Red Backed Sierra Finch
Latin: Phrygilus dorsalis
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Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Sierra Finches
Range: Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
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Thanks to Dirk for sending in this pic of a Red-Backed Sierra Finch, spotted on the border of Chile and Bolivia at 4000m in March.