Birds of Panama

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Chrysuronia (2 species, 9 worldwide)


Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Chrysuronia coeruleogularis coelina) Male
Ciudad Neilly, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Chrysuronia coeruleogularis) Female
Panama  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.



Humboldt's Sapphire
Humboldt's Sapphire (Chrysuronia humboldtii) Male
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local along Pacific coast. Seen at mangrove flowers when they are in bloom, and otherwise in fields and forest edges.
Additional photo.


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