Costa's Hummingbird
- Scientific name
- Calypte costae
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Shrubland
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Forked
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Why it matters
Costa’s Hummingbird is named after Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa, a 19th-century French nobleman and naturalist. It is highly valued by birders for the male's vibrant, iridescent purple crown and throat feathers, which flare into an elongated gorget during courtship displays.
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