Colibri cyanotus
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The lesser violetear (Colibri cyanotus), also known as the mountain violet-ear, is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Costa Rica south to the Andes and Argentina and east to Venezuela. This species and the Mexican violetear were formerly considered as conspecific and named the 'green violetear'.
Like all hummingbirds, the lesser violetear belongs to the order Apodiformes. Hummingbirds share this order with the swifts, such as the white-collared swift. The name Apodiformes is derived from the Greek words "a pous", meaning "without foot". While apodiforms do in fact have feet, they are quite small and their legs are short and relatively weak. Many birds in this order cannot walk, and thus rarely if ever land on the ground since quick escape from predators is virtually impossible. For this reason members of this order spend a majority of their time in the air.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 14 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 15 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Violetear sighting in San José on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 233rd most-seen of the 379 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Violetear in San José on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Violetear sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Lesser Violetear sightings, San José ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Bogota (Colombia, about 10%), Medellín (Colombia, under 5%) and Caracas (Venezuela, under 5%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Lesser Violetear that you can see in San José (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 70%), Blue-vented Hummingbird (about 10%) and Cinnamon Hummingbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Violetear is recorded against all the birds logged in San José (57 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
