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title: "Coppery-headed Emerald"
description: "Microchera cupreiceps — Uccelli. The coppery-headed emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) is a small hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/coppery-headed-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coppery-headed Emerald

> Microchera cupreiceps — Uccelli. The coppery-headed emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) is a small hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Microchera cupreiceps*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1634
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289669](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289669)

## Names

- en: Coppery-headed Emerald
- de: Bronzekopf-Elvirakolibri
- es: Esmeralda Capirotada
- fr: Colibri à tête cuivrée

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1550)

## Summary

The coppery-headed emerald (Microchera cupreiceps) is a small hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Costa Rica.

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

## Photo

![Coppery-headed Emerald](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/coppery-headed-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350247185

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/coppery-headed-emerald?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).