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Amazilia tzacatl
It is a medium-sized hummingbird that breeds from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru.
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 and the slightly forked tail is rufous with a dusky tip. The bill is red with a black tip; the black is more extensive on the upper mandible, which may appear all black. Immatures are virtually identical to the female.
Inhabits open country, river banks, woodland, scrub, forest edge, coffee plantations and gardens up to 1850 m.
The food of this species is nectar, taken from a variety of flowers, including Heliconias and bananas.
Spotted on Feb 8, 2012
Submitted on Feb 11, 2012
7 Comments
I'm not good at Hummingbirds, but I think Amazilia tzacatl is a better match. I can't see rufous. :\
In this shot I am a little confused about the whitish belly and yes, I am wondering what the birdmaster Liam means...
They do look like a lot. What do you think, Liam?
Also Amazilia tzacatl in my eyes. Look at the red and black beak and the rufous tail (sic!).
Not sure, I see some red in it tail in the first photo.
I also saw this one 2 days later http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/897...
it looks younger, but I'm not sure if they are the same species. What do you think?
And thank you, Gerardo!
Looks like an Emerald. Maybe the Blue-tailed Emerald?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tailed...
Grate shot nice spotting