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Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl

Description:

Is the most common Hummingbird in Costa Rica. The adult Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is 10–12 cm (4–4.8 in) long and weighs approx. 5.2 g (0.2 oz). The throat is green (edged whitish in the female), the crown, back and flanks are green tinged golden, the belly is pale greyish, the vent and rump are rufous

Habitat:

This is a common to abundant bird of open country, river banks, woodland, scrub, forest edge, coffee plantations and gardens up to 1850 m

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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Nice spotting!

the_tajminator
the_tajminator 11 years ago

Very nice :)

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2012

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