MALE COPPERY-HEADED EMERALD, SODA Y MIRADOR CINCHONA, SAN FERNANDO, ALAJUELA PROVINCE, 10/11/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,070 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Coppery-headed Emerald as follows:

• Downcurved bill
• Coppery crown.  You can particularly see this in the second and third photos
• Glittering green face. throat and underparts
• White outer tail feathers

   The Coppery-headed Emerald, which is endemic to Costa Rica, is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,070.