WHITE-BELLIED MOUNTAIN-GEM – (Species Account Weblog #37)
Birds & Birding in Costa Rica: – Costa Rica’s nationwide motto and tourism slogan, “La Pura Vida” loosely interprets to Reside Life or Get pleasure from Life. With over 900 chicken species recorded right here, there’s definitely heaps to get pleasure from! A Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Submit Sequence by Jim Acquire
TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Lampornis hemileucus
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA WEBSITE LINK: White-bellied Mountain-gem
The White-bellied Mountain-Gem is distinguished by its white stripe behind the attention, white underparts, and bronzy tail. It frequents the cover and fringe of cool, moist forests, and likewise ventures all the way down to shrub stage in gaps and open components of the forest. (from Birds of the World)
OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
Whereas on the Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona we noticed our second (White-throated was at Miriam’s Quetzal Restaurant) of the three hoped for Mountain-gem hummingbirds. We noticed a feminine, however missed a male by just a bit. This species is extra of a mid-elevation hummingbird that may come to feeders. Our consideration was continually being pulled some ways by the Prong-billed Barbets, Northern Emerald-Toucanets and Black-bellied Hummingbirds!
PHOTO GALLERY
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