Hummingbird Nestlings
Things don’t get much more amazing than baby hummingbirds. The adults are already pushing the limits of morphology, physiology and awesomeness, but when you put all that in a marble-sized package – prepare to have your mind blown! These are likely Violet-headed Hummingbirds as seen in Panama. Supporting RTPI today and every day helps to ensure our Art, Education and Conservation all the way from our headquarters in Jamestown, New York to a tree branch in the rainforest on the other side of the world. Thank you for your help!
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Here we have the Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti), Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), White-throated Manakin (Corapipo gutturalis), and Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae), all species that are found at higher elevations in mature tropical forests. 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.
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