Green Violetear

Copyright: monacoeye • Chiriqui, Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Green Violetear
Latin: Colibri thalassinus
Other:
Family: Trochilidae • Hummingbirds
Range: Mexico to western Panama. Also Venezuela and Bolivia.

The Green Violetear is a good looking hummingbird, dark green with a very characteristic violet ear patch, which is easy to see and easy to remember! Thanks Green Violetear! The female is similar but smaller than the male with a violet band on the chest. The tail has a broad, diffuse, violet subterminal band. The tail is otherwise a sort of emerald colour below.

The Green Violet-ear is fairly common in the western highlands of Chiriqui state in western Panama and was seen regularly at the Los Quetzales Hotel feeders in May.