Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Chlorostilbon (1 species, 10 worldwide)

Genus Chlorostilbon are 'emerald' hummingbirds, a group of small and very similar uniformly darkish green hummingbirds (the males). Females are white in front with a black stripe across the face.


Garden Emerald
Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis)
Cerro Azul, Panama   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Garden Emerald
Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) Female
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


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