Coppery-headed Emerald
Microchera cupreiceps(Lawrence, GN, 1866)
English (US) Coppery-headed Emerald
The Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: highlands of northern and central Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Microchera cupreiceps
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Coppery-headed Emerald
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Eupherusa cupreiceps
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1866)
- Type locality
- Barranca, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 8 p.348
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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