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Purple-throated mountain gem

Lampornis calolaemus

Habitat:

Outside the Monteverde Reserve at the Hummingbird Gallery (coffee shop)

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12 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

@Smith Zoo: I located and added a second image. Almost looks like a comeletely different bird.

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Thank you all for your kind comments. And Mary Ford is right: a divine place to visit (and the coffee is as good as the birds are beautiful). We were there in the afternoon and had the good fortune to meet this delightful animal too. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/557...

Beautiful!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Spectacular Nancy!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Lovely!!!

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 11 years ago

Great capture!

MaryFord
MaryFord 11 years ago

I've been in that exact spot--heaven!

Great forgotten spotting Nancy,congrats and thanks for sharing

Ajwerko
Ajwerko 11 years ago

Beautiful bird! Thanks for sharing.

Smith Zoo
Smith Zoo 11 years ago

Gem indeed! Do you have more images perhaps?

Angelzero2006
Angelzero2006 11 years ago

Beautiful. Amazing colors

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

It is a gem auntnance123!

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Monteverde, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 27, 2011
Submitted on Apr 5, 2011

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