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Proposed subspecies costaricensis (Nicaragua to Panama) inseparable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• amabilis (Gould, 1853)   -  North-eastern Nicaragua to north-central Colombia and Ecuador west of Andes; possibly south-eastern Honduras.
• decora Salvin, 1891   -  Pacific slope of south-western Costa Rica and extreme western Panama. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Charming Hummingbird (Amazilia decora).

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