Birds of Nicaragua BETA

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Colibri (2 species, 5 worldwide)



Brown Violetear
Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In flight.

Mexican Violetear
Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)
United States   		   
Photograph by Bill Hill   © All Rights Reserved.
Split from the Green Violetear (now called [Lesser Violetear]) and found from Nicaragua northward. The Mexican Violetear has a blue chest like the larger [Sparkling Violetear] found in South America. Male and female similar. Wanders north to many parts of the United States.

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