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Empress Brilliant (10)

Heliodoxa imperatrix

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

Details: male, adult

Las Cotingas

Date uploaded: Jun 28

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Dickcissel (72)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 24 2026

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Stevenson - In a colony of 7 birds recently arrived from the U.S. upper Midwest

Date uploaded: Jun 28

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Handsome! Great find and capture,Brian!
Ahmad Shah: Excellent capture.

Gadwall (25)

Anas strepera

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 20 2026

Date uploaded: Jun 28

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: Good flight shot.
Sue Bishop: Beautiful shot!

Purple-bibbed Whitetip (43)

Urosticte benjamini

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

Details: male, adult

Las Cotingas

Date uploaded: Jun 26

Comments (1):
Chris: Incredible close-up. What a fabulous country

Black-winged Saltator (5)

Saltator atripennis

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 4 2026

San Tadeo, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: Jun 26

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Nice capture!
Chris: Amazing photo. That species didn’t seem too common

Black-necked Stilt (30)

Himantopus mexicanus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 19 2026

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Strathroy - this Prairie species successfully hatched 4 chicks. Hopefully they will fledge in a couple of weeks.

Date uploaded: Jun 25

Comments (4):
Chris: Stunning bird, lighting and textures of that ground.
Brian Morin: Stunning is right. This bird tops the shorebird list. It was about 8m away. It came in from 75 m out as soon as it saw me because it had four chicks running around on a mud bar.

Violet-tailed Sylph (65)

Aglaiocercus coelestis

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

Details: male, adult

#Las Cotingas

Date uploaded: Jun 24

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: A striking beauty.
Chris: Stunning alright! I remember that spot.

Toucan Barbet (23)

Semnornis ramphastinus

(Near-threatened)

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

#Las Cotingas

Date uploaded: Jun 24

Comments (1):
Chris: Spectacular species and capture!

Purple-chested Hummingbird (16)

Amazilia rosenbergi

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 9 2026

Fruity Tour, Pedro Vincente Maldonado, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: Jun 24

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: A real beauty!
Chris: An amazing species and terrific photo capturing the key field marks.

River Lapwing (1)

Vanellus duvaucelii

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 20 2026

Date uploaded: Jun 22

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Lovely!
Brian Morin: Perfect light and setting for this bird.

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