Snowcap

Microchera albocoronata (Lawrence, 1855)

Spanish: Colibrí Coroniblanco

The Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 2.7 g and its bill is 14.4 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.7 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

14.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Microchera snowcaps, emeralds

Where it lives · 4 countries

• Costa Rica
• Panama
• Honduras
• Nicaragua

Others in the genus Microchera

• Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps
• White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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