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title: "Scintillant Hummingbird"
description: "Selasphorus scintilla — Birds. The scintillant hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) is a hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica and Panama."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/scintillant-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scintillant Hummingbird

> Selasphorus scintilla — Birds. The scintillant hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) is a hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica and Panama.

- Scientific name: *Selasphorus scintilla*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 801
- Wikidata: [Q1269631](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269631)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6362](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6362)

## Names

- en: Scintillant Hummingbird
- de: Flämmchenkolibri
- es: Colibrí centellante
- fr: Colibri scintillant
- pl: Rudaczek malutki

## Countries with the most observations

CR (437), PA (199)

## Summary

The scintillant hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) is a hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. This species is replaced at higher elevations by its relative, the volcano hummingbird, S. flammula.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillant_hummingbird

## Photo

![Scintillant Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scintillant-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193089510

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scintillant-hummingbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).