Jan 13
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Costa Rica
photograph by Cayce Jehaimi
seen from Russia
seen from Germany
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Ireland
seen from Mexico
seen from South Korea
seen from Türkiye
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Brazil
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Pakistan
seen from Türkiye
seen from Hong Kong SAR China
seen from France
seen from China
seen from France
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Egypt
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Costa Rica
photograph by Cayce Jehaimi
Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
3/15/2024 Orange County, California
White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)
© Pablo Ortega
Hummingbird (Trochilidae) family
Which is the best bird?
Southern giant hummingbird
Sword-billed hummingbird
Ruby-topaz hummingbird
Fiery-throated hummingbird
Green hermit
Spangled coquette
Bee hummingbird
White-necked jacobin
.♦️💓♦️.
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
© Ruslan Balagansky
January Endangered birds 3 (#62) - the Short-crested Coquette (CR)
[Male depicted]
This hummingbird has only been found on a single road in southern Mexico. And not even the entire road - just 25km of it!
Are there more hidden in the mountains nearby? We don't really know. Until more are found, they are listed as Critically Endangered, just in case. The population is probably less than 1,500 and declining, especially since there is continual habitat loss in the area.
Archilochus colubris | Cardinalis cardinalis | Conuropsis carolinensis | Thryothorus ludovicianus
Plate XXVI | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)