It was Jeanna's husband, Jason Cristino, who first saw the bird. Averaging 3.8 to 4.7 inches long, the Mexican violetear is much larger than the ruby-throated hummingbird species commonly found in ...

Mexican violetear hummingbird. The Mexican violetear hummingbird's primary range is in Central America from Mexico down to Nicaragua. They are considered common in highland forest clearings and edges.

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the norm in Mississippi, but there are many more that you may be lucky enough to see. News. ... Mexican violetear hummingbird.

Hummingbirds are amazing creatures to behold. ... only when the oxygen level reached six percent did the Sparkling violetear reach her limit which is an altitude equivalent of 43,000 feet.

Mexican Violetear – This hummingbird gets its name from the distinctive blue-violet patch near its eye. These are slightly large for a hummingbird, measuring up to 4 ¾” (about the size of a ...

Video @filipe_deandrade // There are over 50 species of #Hummingbirds in #CostaRica, each of them wildly unique. This is the Lesser Violetear and they can be found at an elevation of almost 10,000ft.

It was followed by our first Anna’s hummingbird in 2005, and that same year saw the remarkable appearance of a Mexican violetear. In 2009, an Allen’s hummingbird showed up and was followed by ...