Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus)

28 January 2009, Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica Silky-flycatchers are in the family Ptilogonatidae which consists of four species in two genera of mostly Central American birds. The Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher is endemic to the higher mountains of Costa Rica and adjacent Panama. They like to sit on the exposed twig of the tallest tree where they sometimes catch insects like a flycatcher, but their diet is mostly berries. Males and females are similar except that females are slightly duller with a more olive mantle. I believe this individual is a male. This individual was perched on a rather distant treetop in front of our lodge, probably too far away for conventional photography, but a reasonable subject for digiscoping. Panasonic DMC-LZ5 / Nikon FieldScope 3 / 30X WA hand-held (no adapter)