Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
          
         
            
               Found in Panama, Colombia, and
               more recently Costa Rica...three
               subspecies are identified.
          
         
            
               Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
            
               (L 3.3-3.7" Wt 0.14-0.16 oz)
          
         
            
               Canopy Camp
            
               Darien
            
               06Oct2016
          
         
         
            
               Chrysurus is Greek for golden-
               tailed; oenone is a Phrygian
               nymph (go figure);
               coeruleogularis in Latin means
               blue throat.
          
         
            
               When Aztecs died in battle, they
               were believed to return to earth
               as hummingbirds.
            
                          (Noah Stryker)
          
         
         
            
               © Paul
               Coopmans
            
               Macaulay
               Library