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Green Violet-ear

Colibri thalassinus

Description:

Small, just about 11 cm.

Habitat:

Cloud forest

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5 Comments

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

It is a fern, probably a Cyathea sp...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Beautiful Johanthan! Is it just a fern they are pictured on?

JosephBullock
JosephBullock 12 years ago

I didn't know that. Thanks for educating me Jonathon.

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

It is a Humminbird...

JosephBullock
JosephBullock 12 years ago

Nice picture. They were really creative on the name, but with so many birds there in Costa Rica I guess they tried to make it simpler:) Almost like a hummingbird in the shimmering effect of the feathers.

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 20, 2008
Submitted on Jul 2, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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