Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Eutoxeres (1 species, 2 worldwide)


White-tipped Sicklebill
White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila salvini)
La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Feeds on heliconia. Often described as common, but is secretive and rarely seen.


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