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White-tipped Sicklebill These birds inhabit a grove of heliconias at Tapir Valley, but I've never had much luck with them until last week. This bird zipped in, nectared, and then spent a leisurely 1/10 of a second posing for me before zipping back into the forest. Costa Rica,Eutoxeres aquila,Geotagged,White-tipped sicklebill Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

White-tipped Sicklebill

These birds inhabit a grove of heliconias at Tapir Valley, but I've never had much luck with them until last week. This bird zipped in, nectared, and then spent a leisurely 1/10 of a second posing for me before zipping back into the forest.

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    Calbost Niel
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    Green with envy. What a beauty Posted 2 years ago
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      Mike Melton
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      They're very challenging birds. Posted 2 years ago

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The White-tipped sicklebill

The white-tipped sicklebill is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, and far northern Peru. There is also a single recent record from Mérida in Venezuela.

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
Species identified by Mike Melton
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Uploaded Mar 13, 2023. Captured in PX7V+P7 Alajuela Province, Guatuso, Costa Rica.
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