Author: Jim Gain
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CROWNED WOODNYMPH – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The adult male Crowned Woodnymph has a violet crown, upper back, shoulders and belly, a shiny green throat and breast, green lower back, and a deeply forked blue-black tail.
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BRONZE-TAILED PLUMELETEER – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer is a widespread but uncommon hummingbird and is often identified by its pink feet and pinkish lower mandible.
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VIOLET SABREWING – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Violet Sabrewing is the largest species of hummingbird in Middle America.
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VIOLET-HEADED HUMMINGBIRD – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Violet-headed Hummingbird is a diminutive resident of a variety of humid forests from Honduras and Venezuela south to Bolivia and has a very patchy distribution.
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GARDEN EMERALD – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Garden Emerald is a small hummingbird with limited range.
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SCINTILLANT HUMMINGBIRD – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Scintillant Hummingbird is among the smallest of hummingbirds, and is the smallest within its range of the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama.
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VOLCANO HUMMINGBIRD – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Volcano Hummingbird is restricted to the Costa Rica and Panama Highlands Endemic Bird Area
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RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a small hummingbird found in a variety of woodland and brushy habitats.
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MAGENTA-THROATED WOODSTAR – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
Found only in southern Central America, the Magenta-throated Woodstar occurs from northern Costa Rica to western Panama, and is largely restricted to the Pacific slope of the isthmus.
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WHITE-THROATED MOUNTAIN-GEM – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
The White-throated Mountain-gem is endemic to the highlands of southern Central America.
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