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Photo by gritstone
La Georgina Restaurant (on Route 2, 3100 metres high), Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, February 2007

Panterpe insignis

Identification

Sexes similar.

Distribution

Central America: found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Photo by Greg Lavaty
Talamanca, Costa Rica, December 2009

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• 'P. i. eisenmanni:

• North-western Costa Rica (Cordillera de Guanacaste)

• 'P. i. insignis:

• North-central Costa Rica (Cordillera de Tilarán) to extreme western Panama

Habitat

Inhabits the canopy of both wet and dry montane forests and shrubbery at forest edges. Readily uses feeders. Observed at heights between 1500m and 3000m.

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
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fiery-throated Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fiery-throated_Hummingbird

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