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Genus: Microchera (3 species)


Snowcap
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata parvirostris) Male
Range: MA: Honduras to Panama
Braulio Carrillo, Tapir, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Snowcap
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata parvirostris) Immature Male
Range: MA: Honduras to Panama
Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
A small hummingbird with unique colors.

White-tailed Emerald
White-tailed Emerald (Microchera chionura) Male
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Panama   		   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.
Note green wing patch as compared to the bronze patch on the slightly larger Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Hawrylyshyn).

Coppery-headed Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) Male
Range: MA: Costa Rica
Auberge de Socorro, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Coppery-headed Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) Female
Range: MA: Costa Rica
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Coppery-headed Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) Immature Male
Range: MA: Costa Rica
Monteverde, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Note decurved bill.

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