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Green-crowned Brilliant Female Sta Elena, Costa Rica (2014).<br /> The female is 12 cm long and weighs 8 g. She differs from the male in that she has green-spotted white underparts, a white spot behind the eye and a white stripe below the eye, and a white-cornered shallowly-forked black tail.. Young birds resemble the adult of the same sex, but are duller, bronze-tinged below and have buff throats. Costa Rica,Geotagged,Green-crowned brilliant,Heliodoxa jacula,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Green-crowned Brilliant Female

Sta Elena, Costa Rica (2014).
The female is 12 cm long and weighs 8 g. She differs from the male in that she has green-spotted white underparts, a white spot behind the eye and a white stripe below the eye, and a white-cornered shallowly-forked black tail.. Young birds resemble the adult of the same sex, but are duller, bronze-tinged below and have buff throats.

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The Green-crowned brilliant

The green-crowned brilliant is a large, robust hummingbird that is a resident breeder in the highlands from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. It is also known as the green-fronted brilliant, notably by the Handbook of the Birds of the World.

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Apr 9, 2014 21:18 in 606, Puntarenas, Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/5.6
  • 10/1600s
  • ISO1600
  • 300mm