SNOWCAP – (Species Account Weblog #48)
Birds & Birding in Costa Rica: – Costa Rica’s nationwide motto and tourism slogan, “La Pura Vida” loosely interprets to Dwell Life or Get pleasure from Life. With over 900 fowl species recorded right here, there may be actually tons to get pleasure from! A Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Put up Collection by Jim Acquire
TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Microchera albocoronata
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA WEBSITE LINK: Snowcap
Snowcap is a spectacular, tiny hummingbird of Central American cloud forests. The male is black general, however with a singular purple or bronze iridescence on the upperparts. Its namesake white crown is good and constrasts sharply with the darkish physique plumage. The feminine is much less spectacular, however the mixture of small dimension, inexperienced upperparts, clear white underparts, and intensive white within the outer rectrices contrasting with a darkish terminal tail band is distinctive. (from Birds of the World)
OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
Apart from the apparent Respelendent Quetzal, no different fowl was extra wanted by me on this journey than the SNOWCAP! I used to be so motivated to see and {photograph} this little jewel that we made preparations to be picked up at our airport resort at 4:00 am the morning earlier than our Eagle-eye Tour formally began for the lengthy 3-hour taxi drive to Rancho Naturalista. Grateful to our information, Michael Montenegro for getting us to the Rancho Bajo portion of the ability the place we acquired killer views of a male, a feminine and aimmature male.
PHOTO GALLERY (tons!)
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