Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae) - HBW 5, p. 589
French: Saphir d’Elicia
German: Goldschwanz-Saphirkolibri
Spanish: Zafiro de Elicia
Other common names: Blue-throated Sapphire
Taxonomy: Trochilus Eliciæ Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, no locality = Cobán, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- eliciae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - SE Mexico and Belize pathcily S to S Costa Rica.
- earina Wetmore, 1967 - W Panama, including Coiba I and islands in Bay of Panama, to extreme NW Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird preening and singing. Locality Costa Rica (ssp eliciae)
Max Roth 26 March 2007 3 years ago 52 sec 3.9
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A small hummingbird
Locality La Garita, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 1 year ago 4.3 -
a small hummingbird
Locality La Garita, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 25 November 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Male
Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica
Marc FASOL 10 November 2011 23 weeks ago 3.4 -
A female perched on a twig
Locality Navalandia, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp eliciae)
monicayhector 12 May 2010 3 years ago 2.5 -
Flying
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 30 December 2008 2 years ago 2.1
- No sound recordings available yet
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