Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Eugenes (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Talamanca Hummingbird
Talamanca Hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) Male
Guadalupe, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Talamanca Hummingbird
Talamanca Hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) Female
Parque Nacional de la Amistad, Guadalupe, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Once called the Magnificent Hummingbird, then the Admirable Hummingbird, and now the Talamanca Hummingbird. Rivoli's Hummingbird was also split from the original Magnificent Hummingbird.


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