White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora

White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora, Females. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California, taken in the coastal region of Costa Rica, February 2016.

White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora, Males.  Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California, taken in the coastal region of Costa Rica, February 2016.

The White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora, is a member of the Trochilidae Family of Hummingbirds. They are modest in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Atlantic slope in all coastal states from Veracruz to Belize at elevations below 900 m (2,950 feet), with the exception that they are absent from the States of Quintana Roo and Yucatán. From a conservation perspective the White-necked Jacobin is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found within the canopy of forests and in cacao and coffee plantations in humid environments. They consume arthropods and nectar.