Canivet's Emerald - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

This little female hummingbird was filling up a the harbor flower bed in San Juan del Sur. This little bird had given me some trouble with identification when I first arrived in San Juan as I had the same species at our hotel, pegged as a White-eared Hummingbird, and a friend that I had just met there thought maybe a Mountain Gem but I hadn't given him enough to go on. Later i found this lovely girl and was able to call her the right name, Canivet's Emerald. For those into botany, this beautiful flower is called Flamboyant Nain and is native to the area.