Magenta-throated woodstar
The magenta-throated woodstar is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Image: Calliphlox bryantae 2
Image: Calliphlox bryantae, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Male in flight
Mellisugini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Lampornithini and Trochilini (emeralds).
Mellisugini
Image: Calliphlox amethystina (male)
Image: Purple collared Woodstar (Myrtis fanny)
Image: Rhodopis vesper