#1448 · 🐦 birds

Costa's Hummingbird

🇳🇱 Costa's Kolibrie ·Calypte costae

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Braxton L. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Claudia Jeannette Pérez Estrada · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Braxton L. · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Irene · CC0
6. © Alan Vernon · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © SpyingNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © rootneg2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. © uzun · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Costa's hummingbird ( Calypte costae ) is a species of hummingbird.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,666iNaturalist observations
weight 0.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
19,666 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jules Bourcier in 1839 (187 years ago).