White-tipped sicklebill

Eutoxeres aquila

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.
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

Habitat

Its natural habitat is the undergrowth of subtropical or tropical humid lowland or montane forest. Its curved bill is an adaption to the shape of certain flowers, namely of the genera "Centropogon" and "Heliconia".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae
GenusEutoxeres
SpeciesE. aquila
Photographed in
Costa Rica