Birds of Costa Rica

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Chlorestes (1 species, 5 worldwide)


Blue-throated Sapphire
Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae eliciae) Male
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Blue-throated Sapphire
Blue-throated Sapphire (Chlorestes eliciae) Female
Oaxaca, Mexico   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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