Mangrove hummingbird

Amazilia boucardi

The Mangrove hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) is a bird found in Costa Rica. Found in Costa Rica. It eats nectar and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Amazilia boucardi
Region	North America
Found in	Costa Rica

🏡 Where the Mangrove hummingbird lives

Found in Costa Rica.

🍽️ What it eats

🌸 Nectar90%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 4 grams. It mostly eats nectar.

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Recorded by Paul Driver (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1085810. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Mangrove hummingbird

Where does the Mangrove hummingbird live?

The Mangrove hummingbird lives in Costa Rica. Found in Costa Rica.

What does the Mangrove hummingbird eat?

nectar (about 90%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Mangrove hummingbird endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.