Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Microchera (3 species, 3 worldwide)


Snowcap
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata parvirostris) Male
Braulio Carrillo, Tapir, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Snowcap
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata parvirostris) Immature Male
Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

A small hummingbird with unique colors.

White-tailed Emerald
White-tailed Emerald (Microchera chionura) Male
Panama  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Note green wing patch as compared to the bronze patch on the slightly larger Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Hawrylyshyn).

Coppery-headed Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) Male ENDEMIC
Auberge de Socorro, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Coppery-headed Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) Female ENDEMIC
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Coppery-headed Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) Immature Male ENDEMIC
Monteverde, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note decurved bill.


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