Birds of Costa Rica

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


Purple-crowned Fairy
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti) Female
Ranch Margot, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Fairies fly differently than other hummingbirds. You will understand when you see it.


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