Birds of Costa Rica


Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia Note rufous back of tail on both sexes.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) Male Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Female at nest.
Probable female from front.


Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora) Male Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the Blue-chested Hummingbird

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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba