Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Heliodoxa (1 species, 10 worldwide)


Green-crowned Brilliant
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) Male
Monteverde, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Green-crowned Brilliant
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) Female
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Brilliants are large hummingbirds.


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