Reflections of the Natural World

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. Read more

The Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer is a widespread but uncommon hummingbird and is often identified by its pink feet and pinkish lower mandible. Read more

The Violet Sabrewing is the largest species of hummingbird in Middle America. Read more

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. Read more

The Garden Emerald is a small hummingbird with limited range. Read more

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. Read more