Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Eugenes (2 species)


Rivoli's Hummingbird
Rivoli's Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
Range: NA, MA: sw USA to Honduras and Nicaragua
Moxviquil, Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Once called the Magnficent Hummingbird.

Talamanca Hummingbird
Talamanca Hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) Male
Range: MA: Costa Rica to w Panama
Guadalupe, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Talamanca Hummingbird
Talamanca Hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) Female
Range: MA: Costa Rica to w Panama
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.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba