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Heliodoxa jacula
Female green-crowned brilliant, a larger hummingbird with green-spotted white underparts, a white spot behind the eye and a white stripe below the eye.
Wet mountain forests
Spotted on Apr 8, 2007
Submitted on May 12, 2011
7 Comments
Thank you Ashish. It is actually quite large for a hummingbird: 12-13 cm. I should add more information!
Its Great spotting Daniele.... Its Gem of Life... very adorable bird... I wonder how small it is...
Thanks Atul and Emma! You're very lucky to have hummingbirds in SF Emma. One of the great joys of walking in the forest of Costa Rica is that you would hear them first and then see them...
My biggest joy of moving to SF was to see Hummingbirds!! I literally jumped up and down when I saw one.
brilliant catch Daniele
Thank you so much Jonathan! Yes, she is indeed very distinctive with the white strip under the eye amongst others. I will edit accordingly.
It looks to me like a female Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)