Purple Gallinule
Status: Rare Resident
Size: Small/medium-sized Hummingbird (9 - 10 cm)
IUCN Red-List Status: Least Concern
Stratum: Understory, Mid Canopy
Life Zone(s): North Pacific Lowlands, South Pacific Lowlands
TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Amazilia boucardi
@ Tárcoles--Tour en Bote, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
The Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) is a small/medium-sized hummingbird and is found only along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, most often in or near mangrove trees. Male has a glittering blue-green head and throat contrasting with a whitish belly. The base of the bill is red. Female is greenish above with mostly white underparts; note her dark forked tail.
Mangrove Hummingbird Distribution Map (from eBird)
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@ Tárcoles--Tour en Bote, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
@ Tárcoles--Tour en Bote, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
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TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Amazilia boucardi
