User talk:212.10.84.45

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I reverted your edits for 2 reasons. Firstly, the guy who took those pictures is a brazilian amateur ornitologist, and he knows theese birds probably better than you do. Secondly, when I verified theese 2 corrections, I wasn't absolutely not convinced they were correct. Where is Veniliornis maculifrons's yellow ear ? It looked like V. spilogaster to me, even if the spots aren't very marked, but I could trust you on this one. For the second, it's very presumptious to pretend being able to identify a Trochilidae on photo without seeing its tail, its wings, its back, its beak, and its belly. So I prefer to have confidence into the original photograph who saw it from his own eyes, who has probably other photos to make the identification. Regards, PurpleHz 00:07, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a [http://www.gepog.org/bibliotheque/album_fichiers/giraud/agrandissement/giraud_86.html Female Hylocharis cyanus. Completly different from the one on Commons... PurpleHz 00:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but that's not even Hylocharis cyanus! That's an Amazilia fimbriata. Feel free to post in on their forum here - you will notice that I have been fairly active there recently with several correction. Alternatively, you can post a link to it on BirdForum, and I'll also be more than happy to help you there. Note that the photographer that took this photo - and several other photos - have some issues with some of the ID's (no wonder, considering the quality of the Brazilian field guides - better ones are in progress). Another photo of the same hummingbird, but perhaps easier to ID, as you presumably is not familiar with the involved species, can be found here (and you'll find a comment of mine well down the page there, too). I don't know how this and other photos ended up on wikipedia, but whoever uploads them, should also be aware of problems 2463656321/ here, 2466063448/ here and 2464558302/ here (where you'll also find comments of mine well down the page). 212.10.84.45 10:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In fairness, however, I certainly do understand why hummingbirds often confuse. Not only are some species quite variable, but there are also several undescribed species (see this thread). 212.10.84.45 11:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, you really seems to know what you are talking about. If you want to identify hummingbirds, there are some work here : Category:Unidentified Trochilidae. Regards, PurpleHz 12:29, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work ! It would be easier if you could register an account on Commons so you can easily be joined on your talk pag. Regards. PurpleHz 12:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you tell me the problem with ths one : Image:Descent of Man fig48.jpg ? It's identified as Lophornis ornatus in Darwin's The Descent of Man. PurpleHz 12:59, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, you've identified this species as Lophornis chalybeus, but I doubt it. The small white line next to the eye, the black strap under the eye make, the green back and grey throat it looks like a female Chlorostilbon mellisugus. The red-brown strap on the wing make it looks like a species of the Eupherusa genus. What do you think ? Regards, PurpleHz 14:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to above can be found here. Regards, 212.10.81.186 23:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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