Blue Backed Conebill

Copyright: monacoeye • All rights reserved • Guango Lodge, Ecuador, March 2011.

Bird name: Blue Backed Conebill
Latin: Conirostrum sitticolor
Other: Picocono dorsiazul (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Conebills
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
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The Blue-backed Conebill is a small, attractive bird - I was frustrated not to get better shots. It’s a high altitude conebill, living above 2500m - these were seen near Guango Lodge, at 2800 m on the eastern slope in Ecuador.

Below Blue-Backed Conebill, Guango Lodge, Ecuador