Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae) - HBW 5, p. 668
French: Colibri magenta
German: Violettkehl-Sternkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Magenta
Taxonomy: Doricha bryantæ Lawrence, 1867, Costa Rica.
Often separated with C. mitchellii, and sometimes C. evelynae, in genus Philodice; in past, occasionally placed with C. evelynae in Nesophlox. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Costa Rica to W Panama, mainly on Pacific slope.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male at hummingbird feeder, initially hovering alongside a female Variable Mountain-gem and then perched on the feeder. Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 4 April 2001 1 year ago 23 sec 4 -
A female hovering and moving around a feeder Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 30 March 2012 1 year ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A sub-adult male hovering at a hummingbird feeder Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 4 April 2001 1 year ago 11 sec 3.7 -
A slow motion view of a male at a feeder Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 2004 5 years ago 33 sec 3.5
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At feeder
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 4 January 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
A male at a feeder at the Hummingbird Gallery.
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 February 2006 3 years ago 2.8
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