Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps) - HBW 5, p. 579
French: Colibri à tête cuivrée
German: Bronzekopf-Elvirakolibri
Spanish: Esmeralda Capirotada
Taxonomy: Eupherusa cupreiceps Lawrence, 1866, Barranca, Costa Rica.
Genus sometimes merged into Eupherusa. Species has occasionally been awarded monospecific genus Lawrencius. Population of Cordillera de Guanacaste (N Costa Rica) probably deserves recognition as a separate race. Monotypic.
Distribution: Highlands of N & C Costa Rica: Caribbean slope, reaching Pacific slope in upper parts of N Cordillera de Guanacaste and N Cordillera de Tilarán.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male on a branch. Locality San Luis, San Ramón, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 24 November 2011 23 weeks ago 41 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched on a twig Locality Virgen del Socorro, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 16 March 2002 6 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
male perched on a branch, back view. Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Ferran Vaquero 28 August 2009 1 year ago 22 sec 4.4 -
various individuals attending the feeders at the cafe located near the entrance of the reserve. Other species can be seen attend Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 12 July 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A male perched on a branch Locality Poás region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 6 years ago 10 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of a male Locality Poás region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 6 years ago 10 sec 4.2
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a juvenile male
Locality Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 23 weeks ago 4.6 -
an endemic species of Costa Rica
Locality San Luis, San Ramón, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 11 October 2011 23 weeks ago 4.6 -
Adult male, about to take off from his perch, at Casa Kolibri. Scanned from a slide.
Locality Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 6 March 2001 38 weeks ago 4.3 -
a female
Locality San Luis, San Ramón, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 24 November 2011 23 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird perching on a branch
Locality Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Luis Vargas 12 August 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 4 January 2009 1 year ago 4.2
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