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violet-crowned woodnymph

  1. Violet-crowned Woodnymph Above Bathing Pool C-RICA SER 2

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph Above Bathing Pool C-RICA SER 2

    On this third trip to Costa Rica, I observed several species of hummingbirds bathing, surprise observations for me. This photo and photos of other species bathing (in this case, about to bathe) were taken under difficult circumstances. The birds go to bathe late in the day. I stood on a platform...
  2. Violet-crowned Woodnymph

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph

  3. Violet-crowned Woodnymph

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph

  4. Violet-crowned Woodnymph (female)

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph (female)

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thaluranis columbica townsendi) This species is represented by three subspecies with subspecies townsendi being the only one mapped for Costa Rica. The Mexican Woodnymph (Thaluranis ridgwayi) is often synonymized under the Violet-crowned Woodnymph. Photographed in the...
  5. Violet-crowned Woodnymph (male)

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph (male)

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thaluranis columbica townsendi) This species is represented by three subspecies with subspecies townsendi being the only one mapped for Costa Rica. The Mexican Woodnymph (Thaluranis ridgwayi) is often synonymized under the Violet-crowned Woodnymph. Photographed in the...
  6. Violet-crowned Woodnymph

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph

  7. Violet-crowned Woodnymph

    Violet-crowned Woodnymph

    These are the most common hummingbird species at Rara Avis at the feeders and in the forest.
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