Coppery-headed Emerald
Status: Common Resident
Size: Tiny-sized Hummingbird (6 - 8 cm)
IUCN Red-List Status: Least Concern
Stratum: Understory, Mid Canopy
Life Zone(s): Lower Montane, Montane
TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Microchera cupreiceps
**Costa Rica Endemic**
@ Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) is a small hummingbird with obviously decurved bill. Male mostly glittering green with coppery crown and bright white outer tail feathers; female similar but with white underparts. Bill shape and white outer tail feathers are enough for identification. Found in forests and edges, usually singly but males sometimes gather to display.
Coppery-headed Emerald Distribution Map (from eBird)
PHOTO GALLERY
@ Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
@ Parque Aventura San Luis, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
@ Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
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*Some of this website's species' photos (all taken by me) may have been taken in other nearby countries.