Birds of Costa Rica


Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia melanorrhoa) La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica The Caribbean slope race in Costa Rica is called by HBW the Black-vented Plumeleteer, and has very red legs.
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) Female Mutatá, Colombia Note white-tipped tail on female.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Less common than the White-vented Plumeleteer, and only found inside humid forests. Note red feet on both sexes.

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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba