Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora) | Photos and ID

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Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 2 — Photo: Stephen Lewis · CC0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 3 — Photo: sprcrkwild · CC BY 4.0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 4 — Photo: sprcrkwild · CC BY 4.0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 5 — Photo: Uma Mezzanotte · CC BY 4.0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 6 — Photo: Anthony Mora Aguilar · CC BY 4.0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 7 — Photo: Anthony Mora Aguilar · CC BY 4.0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 8 — Photo: Eric Knight · CC BY 4.0

Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora), photo 9 — Photo: Eric Knight · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Charming Hummingbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Charming Hummingbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama

About the Charming Hummingbird

The charming hummingbird and also known as the beryl-crowned hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest. Staying within the exterior of forests, it searches for scattered flowers and various arthropods for food.

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Easily confused with

Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiThe purple-chested hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Blue-chested HummingbirdPolyerata amabilisThe blue-chested hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

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