Thick-billed Seed Finch - Oryzoborus funereus

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Thick-billed Seed Finch, male - Oryzoborus funereus

NF Photo 110210 Rancho Naturalista

About Thick-billed Seed Finch on Birdforum
I hope I got this one right. It can be mistaken for Variable Seedeater  :)
on youtube

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Large-footed Finch - Pezopetes capitalis

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Large-footed Finch - Pezopetes capitalis

NF Photo 110208 Quetzals Paradise

 

About Large-footed Finch on wiki

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I thought this was one bird but the shots indicate it might be two. The last shot differes. A young?

Can´t find much about them on the net. Sorry. :(

 

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Yellow-thighed Finch- Pselliophorus tibialis

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Yellow-thighed Finch - Pselliophorus tibialis

NF Photo 110208 Suria

About Yellow-thighed  Finch on wiki
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I loved the cool thighs of this finch. And I loved it even more when I realised it had a juvenile to feed. I could not see if the juvie also had the yellow thighs.

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Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch - Buarremon brunneinucha

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Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch - Buarremon brunneinucha
NF Photo 110128 early morning at Bosque de Paz, Costa Rica
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This bird really looks weird because the white dots in the forehead are just dots. But it looks like eyes. Again, it was rather dark and hard to get decent shots of this, a bit unusual, finch living at middle evelations of CR. :(
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About Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch at wiki
On youtube
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Camera Critters
BPW #133

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