Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird

The Sparkling-Tailed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.

The Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Sparkling-Tailed Hummingbird (Tilmatura dupontii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest. References - * BirdLife International 2008. Tilmatura dupontii. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 01 June 2009. More

but the Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird showed up on October 19 and was here again on October 20; one single male, but I’m sure more will come. I photo documented this. I have one Magnificent who comes in at dusk and surreptitiously steals some nectar and zooms off. So far no sign of the Blue-tail either. But I’m sure the word is out, and one of the benefits of living in a second story is that I don't have any cats up here; should they dare to come, they get hosed. More