Hummingbirds

Ruby-topaz Hummingbird

Chrysolampis mosquitus

The Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) is a 3.9 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It migrates.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

3.9 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, BQ, Curaçao, Venezuela, AW, Panama, Guyana, GF, Suriname, ZZ, Peru.

Where to see it: Hato Neighborhood (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba); Spaans Lagoon (Aruba); Cuffie River Nature Retreat (Trinidad and Tobago); Klein Hofje (Wastewater Treatment Plant) (Curaçao); Blue Bay Curaçao Golf & Beach Resort (Curaçao).

Photo: (c) Macelo Costa, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist