Magenta-throated Woodstar

Magenta-throated WoodstarThis small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Adult males have a magenta throat, white collar, and long forked tail. The species uses forest edges, secondary growth, and scrub, and is described as solitary. Some checklists place it in Philodice rather than Calliphlox.What does it look like?Adult males have an iridescent magenta throat, white collar, green chest and flanks, rufous belly, white rump patches, and a long forked tail. Females have a grey-buff throat and a shorter, differently patterned tail.How does it live?This small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Adult males have a magenta throat, white collar, and long forked tail. The species uses forest edges, secondary growth, and scrub, and is described as solitary. Some checklists place it in Philodice rather than Calliphlox.The species frequents forest edges and clearings, weedy grassland, secondary growth, and partly cleared areas. The Costa Rican account describes it as solitary.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.