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Flame-colored Tanager (female)
Stanley Jones

Flame-colored Tanager (female) (Piranga bidentata)

Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata citrea) Four subspecies are recognized with only subspecies citrea being found in the highlands of Costa Rica. Photographed this female at Dantica Cloud Forest Lodge sitting on the north rim of Quetzal Valley overlooking San Gerardo de Dota, Cordillera de Talamanca, San Jos Province, Costa Rica. Upper montane cloud forest dominated by oaks at ca. 2,800 m (9,186 ft) elevation. Species sexually dimorphic.
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Habitat
Upper montane cloud forest dominated by oaks at ca. 2,800 m (9,186 ft) elevation.
Location
Dantica Cloud Forest Lodge sitting on the north rim of Quetzal Valley overlooking San Gerardo de Dota, Cordillera de Talamanca, San Jos Province, Costa Rica
Date taken
March 2007
Scientific name
Piranga bidentata
Equipment used
Canon 30D with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 300 mm. Shutter speed 1/250 with flash, f/5.6.
PiscesPtah
The colors and wing bars are very reminiscent of a juvenile, female Bullock's oriole (at least in this photo, they seem to be). Super shot!
 
jbpixels
Thanks for your positive comments. Taking pictures in a tropical rain forest is just one of the ultimate experiences a wildlife photographer can have. Congratulations for the variety of great pictures from there.:gh::t::gh:
 

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