Female © Alan Van Norman
Female © Daniel Murphy
Male © Yasmin Cerrud Henríquez
Female © Matthew Grube

White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura

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Identification

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Small hummingbird with restricted range in Costa Rica and western Panama. Male is mostly glittering emerald with a bright white lower belly and outer tail feathers. Female similar, but white extends up to the throat. Both sexes have relatively short and very slightly decurved bill. Compare with Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, which has coppery shoulders and rump and lacks white in tail. Found in the foothills of the Pacific slope, from around 800–2,200m, where it occurs in forest, edges, and gardens.

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