#thalurania colombica

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Hummingbirds by Rolf Nussbaumer

Top: Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus spp.) and Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

Middle: Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanenensis)

Bottom: Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus)

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Thalurania colombica - Ninfa coronada - Macho by Alejandro Bayer T. Via Flickr: Fotos tomadas en Montezuma, Tatamá, cerca de Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia.

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Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), male, family Trochilidae, Colombia

photograph by Rainforest Photo Tours

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[2836/11080] Crowned woodnymph - Thalurania colombica

Order: Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds) Subfamily: Trochilinae

Photo credit: Holly Merker via Macaulay Library

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Crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) in Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia. Photo by Jonathan Layton Avila.

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2643969] Crowned Woodnymph || Thalurania colombica Observed in Costa Rica Least Concern in location observation

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Maybe a Buff-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis), crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), and a white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) mixed in there

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Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

© Todd A. Watkins

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Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

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Violet-Crowned Woodnymph  Thalurania colombica colombica Source: Here

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November 4, 2018 - Crowned Woodnymph or Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

These medium-sized hummingbirds are found from Central America into northern and northwestern South America. They feed on the nectar of various plants, including bromeliads and mistletoes, as well as some small spiders and insects. Mostly breeding in the dry season, females build the cup-shaped nests, incubate the eggs, and feed the chicks.

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Thalurania colombica - Ninfa coronada - Macho by Alejandro Bayer T. Via Flickr: Fotos tomadas en Montezuma, Tatamá, cerca de Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia.

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Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), male, family Trochilidae, Colombia

photograph by Pat Cole

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Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) by https://ift.tt/1cEUVan Wild bird feeding on wild fruit right in front of our restaurant at San Jorge Eco-lodge Milpe - Bird Sanctuary Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Facebook The best birdwatching and bird photo trips in Ecuador: www.sanjorgeecolodges.com https://flic.kr/p/2j8Qx5s

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The crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica).

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Cuban Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)

Ruby Throatted Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Heliconia tortuosa is a plant that relies almost exclusively on hummingbirds of the Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) species to reproduce (This bird is mentioned later as the one with an hyperexclusive diet on mountain range)

(Plant image from pl@ntNet)

Flower mites on a Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

(Mites image from Audubon)

I am not sure which specific species op talks about in the last prompt but may be referring to Dicosura ssp., Phlogophilus ssp. and/or Ramphomicron ssp, among others.

Pictured D. popelairii and R. dorsale.

you learn about a hummingbird species named “flame-throated sunangel” or “sparkling-tailed woodstar” or “purple-crowned fairy” or “shining sunbeam” or “sapphire-spangled emerald” or “amethyst-throated sungem” (these are all real hummingbirds). and you think “all the superlative descriptions of hummingbirds must be exaggerations”. then you learn that this hummingbird has like magnificent luminous aquamarine or sparkling-gold or iridescent flaming-orange feathers on its back, or glittering throat patches with mesmerizing color transitions from deep purple to vibrant pink. and maybe its maximum size is smaller than a bumblebee, with an adult weight of 0.09 ounces (this is a real hummingbird). maybe it hovers in-place in mid-air and can beat its wings at 200 beats per second (this is a real hummingbird). maybe multiple flower species have essential mutualistic relationships with the birds. maybe there is an entire lineage of so-called “flower mites”, tiny arachnids that use hummingbirds to travel between plants and can only feed on specific flower nectar pollinated by hummingbirds (this is real). or maybe the species lives only very high on the slopes of a single mountain where its beak is specially customized to feed on the nectar of a single flower species (real). and maybe there are two dozen or more species of hummingbirds which only live in small isolated pockets of high-elevation fog-shrouded cloud forests in very specific humid microhabitats in the misty and forested peaks of the tropical Andes or Mesoamerica. where every mountain range’s special combination of mist and fog and flowers and nectar creates a home for a unique bird. maybe they love sugar, just like me. and you’re like “this can’t be real”.