Volcano Hummingbird
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, Selasphorus flammula
**Costa Rica Near-Endemic**
@ Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San José, Costa Rica
The Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) is a tiny hummingbird endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica. Male throat varies from steely grayish-purple to bright magenta; note short straight bill and rufous in tail. Female similar to Scintillant Hummingbird but with dark central tail feathers. Small hummingbird that feeds on small flowers in gardens, second growth, and forest edges, mostly above 2000m.
Volcano Hummingbird Distribution Map (from eBird)
PHOTO GALLERY
@ Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San José, Costa Rica
@ Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San José, Costa Rica
@ Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, San José, Costa Rica
<< Lesser Nighthawk <<|>> White-necked Jacobin >>
*Some of this website's species' photos (all taken by me) may have been taken in other nearby countries.