magnificent hummingbird
eugenes fulgens latin

Magnificent Hummingbird males perch conspicuously and defend their feeding territories aggressively.

The female Magnificent Hummingbird is bronze-green dorsally and has a dull grey ventral coloring.

The Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) is a large hummingbird that breeds in mountains from the southwestern United States to western Panama.

Of the hummingbirds found in the United States, the Magnificent Hummingbird is one of the two largest species being rivaled only by the Blue-throated Hummingbird.

The Garnet-throated Hummingbird, which is sometimes considered to be the closest relative of the mountain-gems, is indeed not distantly related to the group, but closer to the Magnificent Hummingbird.

The Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) is a large hummingbird that breeds in mountains from the southwestern United States to western Panama.