Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird, Costa Rica

🔍 Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl 🪶

📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

💬 “As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.” – Leslie Marmon Silko –

Also Known as:

Little Sparrow (known locally in Costa Rica)

Length: 10 cm

Wingspan: 11.4 cm

Weight: 5.2 – 5.7 g

Males: predominantly green with a rufous-colored tail and a pink bill with a black tip.

Females: duller green upperparts, a more pronounced rufous wash on their flanks, and often a more prominent rufous patch in their tail.

3 – 5 years