SCINTILLANT HUMMINGBIRD – (Species Account Weblog #42)
Birds & Birding in Costa Rica: – Costa Rica’s nationwide motto and tourism slogan, “La Pura Vida” loosely interprets to Dwell Life or Take pleasure in Life. With over 900 chook species recorded right here, there’s actually heaps to get pleasure from! A Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Publish Collection by Jim Acquire
TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Selasphorus scintilla
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA WEBSITE LINK: Scintillant Hummingbird
The Scintillant Hummingbird is among the many smallest of hummingbirds, and is the smallest inside its vary of the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama. Regardless of its diminutive measurement, it’s a placing chook that’s tough to miss, or to neglect as soon as seen. The wing trill of the grownup male might be heard at a distance, and the male’s blazing orange gorget is spectacular in opposition to its rufous plumage. (from Birds of the World)
OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
We noticed this tiny hummingbird often feeding on the verbena round El Toucanet Lodge within the Talamanca Highlands.
PHOTO GALLERY
View the 5 most up-to-date Birds & Birding in Costa Rica sequence weblog posts under.
