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Talamanca Hummingbird
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Talamanca Hummingbird

Eugenes spectabilis (Lawrence, 1867)

Spanish: Colibrí de Talamanca

The Talamanca Hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Lampornithini (mountain gems). It weighs about 8.0 g and its bill is 36.1 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica and Panama. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight
8.0 g, about 8 paperclips
Bill
36.1 mm
Lives in
Forest
Moves
Some populations migrate
Red List status
Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

  1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
  2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
  3. Tribe Lampornithini mountain gems
  4. Genus Eugenes

Where it lives · 2 countries

Others in the genus Eugenes

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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