Everyone loves hummingbirds but they can be tricky to identify! In this series we explore all 50+ hummingbirds of Costa Rica.

⏰ Timestamps

0:00 Intro
2:02 Rufoustailed Hummingbird
2:38 Cinnamon Hummingbird
3:00 Bluethroated Goldentail
3:37 Canivet's Emerald
4:10 Bluevented Hummingbird
5:06 Scalybreasted Hummingbird
5:59 Plaincapped Starthroat
6:32 Greenbreasted Mango
9:16 Rubythroated Hummingbird

For a country roughly the size of the US state of West Virginia, Costa Rica seriously punches above its weight when it comes to birdyness. Hummingbirds are a great example of this diversity. Of all 300+ species of hummingbirds, more than 50 have been recorded in this beautiful country.

In ideal conditions hummingbirds can be quite readily identified but these little buggers do their best to ensure that conditions are rarely ideal. They're small, they're often refusing to remain still, and even when they don't move light and weather conditions can make identification quite difficult.
In this new video series, we're exploring Costa Rica's hummingbirds of the North Pacific region.

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Attributions:

Rufoustailed Hummingbird
Kenichi Ueda, CC0
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Maria Auxiliadora Mora Cross, CC BY 4.0, https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Joseph C Boone, CC BYSA 3.0,
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Cinnamon Hummingbird
Charles J. Sharp, CC BYSA 4.0 (title image)
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Kristy Morley, CC BY 4.0, https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Adam Jackson, CC0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
maryury, CC BYNC 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

Bluethroated Goldentail
Adam Jackson, CC0
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Dan MacNeal, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Roger MacKertich via Wikimedia Commons, CC BYSA 4.0
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Johan Chaves, XC828082. www.xenocanto.org/828082

Canivet's Emerald
Steve B, CC0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Martine Lapointe, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Adam Jackson, CC0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

Bluevented Hummingbird
Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Jack Bindernagel, CC0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

Bluetailed Hummingbird
Grete Pasch, CC BYNC 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

Scalybreasted Hummingbird
James M. Maley, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Kristy Morley, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
GABRIEL LEITE, XC871562. www.xenocanto.org/871562

Plaincapped Starthroat
Ma. Eugenia Mendiola González, CC BYSA 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Eduardo A. Bolaños Vargas, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

Greenbreasted Mango
erbirds, CC BY 4.0
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steve b, CC0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
Kathy & sam, CC BY 2.0
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Veraguan Mango
Anthony Batista, CC BY 4.0
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

Rubythroated Hummingbird
Adam Jackson CC0,
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... and
https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology Disclaimer:

This material uses data from the eBird Status and Trends Project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, eBird.org. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.