We can ID this hummingbird as a male Amethyst Woodstar as follows:
- Green crown, nape and upper parts
- White neck sides
- Large white spot on sides of rump
- Medium length, straight, black bill
- Depending on the lighting the throat can appear different colors. In the first and second photo the throat appears black, but in the third photo it appears pinkish.
- In the first photo you can just make out that the tail is forked.
The Amethyst Woodstar appears in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay and is a rare vagrant to Trinidad.
The Amethyst Woodstar is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,131.
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