Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Chalybura urochrysia

eBird gives this very brief description of the Bronze-tailed Plumeteer:  Medium-sized hummingbird, mostly green. Fairly similar to other hummingbirds including Steely-vented, but note red feet and bronzy rump. Females have whitish underparts and duller pinkish feet. Usually seen singly at flowers in forests or edges.

The Birds of the World site gives a little more information in its introduction to this bird:  This widespread but uncommon hummingbird is often identified by its pink feet and pinkish lower mandible. The subspecies found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua does not actually have a bronze tail as the name implies (sometimes called Red-footed Plumeleteer there instead), but this subspecies does hybridize with a bronzy-tailed subspecies in far western Panama. These fairly large hummingbirds mainly frequent the understory and middle levels of humid and wet forests edges where they primarily forage on flowers of large herbs and shrubs or flycatch. Bronze-tailed Plumeleteers are notably aggressive and dominant at flowers and often hold territories around Cephaelis or Heliconia patches.

I saw this bird for the first time during an afternoon visit to the Nectar & Pollen Reserve on February 5, 2023.  I got a very brief look at this bird and only had time for one quick shot.  I was fortunate to get a shot that was sufficient for identification purposes.  To see my blog post that includes my visit to the Nectar & Pollen Reserve and my meeting this bird, look here.