Sapphire-throated Hummingbird

Sapphire-throated Hummingbird

The Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis) inhabits from Costa Rica and west Panama to north Colombia. Its place is in open, and scrubby vegetation, often near the coast. Its size is of 9 cm (3 inches) in length and 3.7 g in weight.

Above green, more bronzy on tail-coverts and central retrices. Throat and chest violet-blue. Rest of underparts green to blue-green. Feet black, and bill black except basal half of lower mandible red. It pollinates flowers.

Common Name: Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Scientific Name: Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
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