Chalybura urochrysia
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The bronze-tailed plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. The bronze-tailed plumeleteer was formally described and illustrated in 1861 by the English ornithologist John Gould based on a specimen that had been supplied by the Polish collector Józef Warszewicz. Gould coined the binomial name Hypuroptila urochrysia but mistakenly gave the locality as the "neighbourhood of Panama". The locality has been redesignated as western Columbia. The bronze-tailed plumeleteer is now placed with the white-vented plumeleteer in the genus Chalybura that was introduced in 1854 by Ludwig Reichenbach. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χαλυψ/khalups, χαλυβος/khalubos meaning "steel" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail". The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek ουρα/oura meaning "tail" with χρυσεος/khruseos meaning "golden".
Three subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 185th most-seen of the 329 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April–June, October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, July–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 30%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer that you can see in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 50%), Long-billed Hermit (about 40%) and Stripe-throated Hermit (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer is recorded against all the birds logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (73 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
