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Talamanca Hummingbird

Eugenes spectabilis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 247, February 173, March 271, April 130, May 89, June 215, July 70, August 71, September 56, October 70, November 171, December 156.
Costa Rica1,719
Provincia San José1,503
Panama203
Provincia de Chiriquí196
Provincia Cartago148
Provincia Alajuela44
Provincia Heredia15
Provincia Puntarenas5
Provincia Limón4
Provincia de Bocas del Toro4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • HoveringCan hover in place while flyingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • Nectar feederDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on nectar.Inferred from its group
  • Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderSwifts and Hummingbirds · Apodiformes
FamilyHummingbirds · Trochilidae
GenusMagnificent Hummingbirds · Eugenes

Sources

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