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Magnificent Hummingbird
Eugenes fulgens
Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
MAHU

Bird Description

Very rare. Similar to BLUH but longer-billed, slightly forked tail with much smaller white tips. Ad ?: appears green and black but with a twist of light can also appear purple-crowned and blue-throated. Ad ?: dingy gray below with green on flanks and indistinct white line behind eye. Imm strong face pattern like BLUH but with green spots on underparts and less white in tail.


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