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Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)

Posted on Dec 21, 2015

Sean got right back to producing gorgeous art like this upon commencing the new season of avian conservation research in Costa Rica. Here is the Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii), a beautiful tropical hummingbird species. It gives the look of a stretched out Ruby-throated Hummingbird with a beautiful red gorget and its long bill used to probe many species of flowers for feeding and pollination. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Costa Rica while on assignment for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.

Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)