BLACK-CRESTED COQUETTE, ARENAL OBSERVATORY LODGE, LA FORTUNA, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/10/2022

   We can ID this hummingbird as Black-crested Coquette as follows:

• Tiny and insect like
• Green upperparts with white rump band
• This is the only Coquette hummingbird to inhabit the Caribbean slopes of Central America

     The Black-crested Coquette is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,063.