I am saving the best bird until last. Meanwhile here are a few other birds from Tapichalaca.
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
The most common hummingbird at Tapichalaca feeders, the Chestnut-breasted Coronet, lifts it wings when it lands.
Chestnut-naped Antpitta
One of the most common calls on the reserve is that of the Chestnut-naped Antpitta
Sickle-winged Guan
This Sickle-winged Guan lives as a pet near Casa Simpson in the temperate zone, but it’s a native of the lower-elevation subtropical forest.
Rufous Antpitta
The smallest of the local Tapichalaca Grallarias.
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Tongue out.
Flame-throated Sunangel
Amythest-throated Sunangel
Golden-plumed Parakeet
These parakeets once nested in wax palms. Now more nest in boxes.
Wax Palm
Wax palms have been depleted, largely so that their leaves could be used for Palm Sunday celebration. Jocotoco Foundation participated in a successful campaign to reduce the destruction of these palms.
Great Thrush
Looks and acts like an overgrown dark American Robin.
Amythest-throated Sunangel