Chlorostilbon canivetii -esmeralda tijereta

our tiniest garden guest, she is really lovely and twitters very quietly.

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travismorhardt

Lion

I love hummingbirds! They are so fun to watch, hardly ever sitting still. Great job capturing her in flight like this. Posted 9 years ago
1. Annette Flottwell
  
  Lion
  
  thanks a lot. It took me a lot of patience till one day the late sun was on her. Posted 9 years ago

The Canivets emerald

The Canivet's emerald or fork-tailed emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the French ornithologist Emmanuel Canivet de Carentan.

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds

Species identified by Annette Flottwell