Tiny weasel - Mustela sp. - Quindio, C Andes

We got this neat bird while our May 2011 trip with a couple of clients from US... we were running all over the country filling gaps for their Colombia list... some of the nice birds we got are:

Andean Condor, Rufous-fronted Parakeet, Saffron-headed & Indigo-winged Parrots, Black-thighed Puffleg, Toucan Barbet, Fulvous-dotted Treerunner, Moustached Antwren, Magdalena Antbird, Hooded Antpitta, New W Andes Tapaculo, Antioquia Bristle-Tyrant, Pacific Flatbill, Choco Vireo, Slate-throated Gnatcatcher, Black-and-gold & Gold-ringed Tanagers, Baudo Oropendola & an undescribed new bird species to science.... + Carunculated Caracara, Golden-plumed Parakeet, Rusty-faced Parrot, Blue-throated Starfrontlet, Spot-crowned Barbet, Grayish Piculet, Bicolored Antpitta, Blue Cotinga, Lemon-spectacled Tanager, etc etc etc...

Complete photo album available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/colombia_birding_diego/sets/72157626885685196/

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[COLOMBIABirdingDiego]

gracias por los comentarios Juan Pablo... no hay chances de que sea una Mustela felipei??

[jplopezo]

Mustela frenata, parece un cachorro, aun no tiene manchas en la boca, la punta de la cola es negra, garganta es de un solo color, características externas de M. frenata