Pretty, small birds of Costa Rica

Red-lored Amazon. This is a fairly large parrot so it isn't that small. It is the largest of this group.

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 Yellow-crowned Euphonia

This probably an immature male.

Male Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Hard to believe that the following bird is the same species.

Female Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager.

This is Bananaquit on some sort of Heliconia.

This is a Red-legged Honeycreeper. The male in breeding plumage looks nothing like this. It is a striking blue with a turquoise cap. This is most likely a female.

This is a Golden-hooded Tanager

This is the Blue Dacnis. It is a type of  tanager. There a about 10 types of Dacnis but none of them are found in the U.S. The Blue Dacnis is native to Central and northern South America.

Here is a link to pictures of some Costa Rica Raptors if you missed that blog post.

Costa Rica Raptors

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