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Volcano Hummingbird (male)

Selasphorus flammula

Description:

The adult male Volcano Hummingbird has bronze-green upperparts and rufous-edged black outer tail feathers. The throat is grey-purple in the Talamanca range, red in the Poas-Barva mountains and pink-purple in the Irazú-Turrialba area, the rest of the underparts being white. The female is similar, but her throat is white with dusky spots.

Habitat:

Spotted in ¨el cerro de la muerte¨

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21 Comments

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

Thank you very much :-)

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Lovely... Very nice series..

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

Thank you very much

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

Thank you very much

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you Yuko Im glad you like it :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

I've already liked and commented on this spot before, but I still enjoy looking at this beautiful bird every once in a while. Cant' help it! It's so lovely!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Completely agree Hemma :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

too cute!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you

Gorgeous!! Lovely Hummingbird.

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you very much Jared

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 11 years ago

Brilliant picture!! Freakin awesome bird!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you Larry

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Spectacular! I love all your new bird spottings!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Beautiful humingbird and series Ismael!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

I was very lucky to have the perfect moment and place to spot the male and the female too

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you Yukp it was breathtaking to me too

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Amazing! This is truly breathtaking!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank you Nuwan

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

great pictures!

Ismael Chaves
Spotted by
Ismael Chaves

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 3, 2013
Submitted on Feb 4, 2013

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