Black-bellied Hummingbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo of Male by Pepe Rojas
Cataratas del Toro, Costa Rica

Eupherusa nigriventris

Identification

Both male and female has green back and central tail feathers, three white outer tail feather, and shows rufous on the shoulder of the folded wing. Male is dark in most of head and underside. Female has small white spot behind eye and mostly white underside

Similar species

Compare especially with Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

Female. Photo by njlarsen
La Paz Waterfalls Garden, Costa Rica, December 2010

Distribution

Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Mid to high elevation with wet forest, edges and clearings.

Behaviour

Nectar eater that naturally prefer flowers with relatively short tube-shaped flowers, but it willingly visits feeders.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

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