Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chlorestes (1 species, 5 worldwide)


Blue-throated Sapphire
Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae eliciae) Male
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Blue-throated Sapphire
Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae) Female
Oaxaca, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



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