Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) - HBW 5, p. 607
French: Colibri à coiffe blanche
German: Schneekappenkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Coroniblanco
Other common names: White-crowned Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Mellisuga albo-coronata Lawrence, 1855, Belén, Veraguas, Panama.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- parvirostris (Lawrence, 1865) - Caribbean slope of S Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and probably extreme W Panama.
- albocoronata (Lawrence, 1855) - both slopes of WC Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male bathing Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp parvirostris)
Guus van Duin 10 February 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 4 -
a male was video taped in an area known to occur the species near the entrance of the aerial tram to Braulio Carrillo Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 19 July 2010 1 year ago 8 sec 4 -
An adult male flying around a feeder and feeding Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp parvirostris)
Guus van Duin 9 February 2008 4 years ago 11 sec 3.6 -
A view of this tiny bird on flowers. Repeated at slow-motion Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 3.5 -
An immature male feeding at a feeder Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp parvirostris)
Guus van Duin 9 February 2008 4 years ago 13 sec 3.4 -
An adult male feeding Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp parvirostris)
Guus van Duin 9 February 2008 4 years ago 10 sec 3.3
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A male feeding from a flower
Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica (ssp parvirostris)
Aleix Comas 25 June 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
adult male in flight feeding from a flower
Locality Santa Fé National Park, Veraguas Province, Panama
ben lascelles 12 July 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A male perched
Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica (ssp parvirostris)
Aleix Comas 25 June 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
perching...
Locality Bonanza, Atlántico Norte Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 17 December 2011 14 weeks ago 3.3 -
Bird feeding on nectar.
Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 4 February 2011 1 year ago 1.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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