In branches. Alberth Rojas holds it for the camera.
Near hole used for escape.
In branches. Alberth Rojas holds it for the camera.
FBW hasn't come through on this one, so figured I'd give y'all a whack at it. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica, 1500 m. I suspect it is some flavor of Green-crowned Brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula (esp as it seems to have the violet throat dot; and the structure looks right), but the rufous feathers are in completely the wrong place for an immature male, at least as described in Garrigues & Dean -- ear coverts & breast collar/belly ground color, rather than chin & malar stripe like a well-behaved definitive immature male.
Other sp commonly found here:
Purple-throated Mountain Gem
Coppery-headed Emerald
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Green Hermit
Violet Sabrewing
Green Violet-ear
Less common:
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Steely-vented Hummingbird
Río Macho, Cartago, Costa Rica.
Xalapa, Veracruz, México, 21-jul-2011