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fawn-breasted brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Medium-sized hummingbird found in Andean cloud forest from 1,000–2,200 m. Although we saw others at feeders this bird was working the flowers alongside the Otun river.- C B Allen
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- colombia fawn-breasted brilliant heliodoxa rubinoides parque regional ucumari - el cedral risaralda
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Telling-off
And this is the last photo from these hummingbird flash photography sessions that I'm going to upload - one of my favourites. I can certainly recommend the activity - lots of fun, and it's bound to result in some stunning pictures.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant purple-throated woodstar tandayapa
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Go away!
The right hand bird is clinging to a humming-bird feeder - I think the message is pretty clear!- kitefarrago
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- buff-tailed coronet fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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All mine!
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- buff-tailed coronet fawn-breasted brilliant tandaypa
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My food!
And now for something a bit different - occasionally there would be more hummingbirds wanting to go for the same food source. But note how the much bigger bird very carefully positioned itself on the far side from the smaller one.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant purple-throated woodstar
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
This time approaching more conservatively.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Here's another bird deciding that our carefully chosen nectar spender was a fine perch...- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Three aerial acrobatics shots today from these Brilliants.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Another species that gave us some lovely opportunities. Bold and large for hummingbirds I have a few more quite spectacular (if I say so myself) flightshots of these Brilliants to go.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
And feeding.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Breaking...- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Today a flight sequence that shows how a bird manoevures to access a particular flower.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
These Brilliants took every opportunity to perch when feeding if it was at all possible.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
You could be forgiven for assuming that there isn't anything colourful on the bird's throat when looking at this picture, and indeed I have few photos where the true colour of this patch is apparent.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
The most common of the big hummingbirds at Tandayapa is the Fawn-breasted Brilliant. Another species that gave us very good opportunities at photographing it in action.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
And for today's action shot...- kitefarrago
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Today's `with a flower' shot - this one was a particular favourite with this species, possibly because it was big enough to provide a perch.- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
There are three of the big Brilliants that can be found at Tandayapa, and of those, Fawn-breasted was seen most frequently by some margin. These are big bruisers, and they don't really back down when it comes to getting access to the feeder. This is also a species which gave us some amazing...- kitefarrago
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- fawn-breasted brilliant tandayapa
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant (female)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides subsp. cervinigularis) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Amazonas, Abra Patricia Reserve, Owlet Lodge, Per. Tropical humid montane forest (cloud forest) at 2,310 m (7,579 ft) elevation, eastern-slope of the Andes.- Stanley Jones
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- abra patricia reserve amazonas fawn-breasted brilliant heliodoxa rubinoides owlet lodge subsp. cervinigularis
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant (female)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides subsp. cervinigularis) Reserva Fundo Alto Nieva, San Martn, Per found between Abra Patrica Reserve and the protected forest of Alto Mayo along the Belande Terry Highway at kilometer 374. Secondary tropical humid montane forest (cloud forest) at...- Stanley Jones
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- fawn-breasted brilliant heliodoxa rubinoides reserva fundo alto nieva subsp. cervinigularis
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant (female)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides subsp. aequatorialis) Female. Sexes very similar but males have a small pink throat patch instead of green speckling on their throat and chest as with the females. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly...- Stanley Jones
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- ecuador fawn-breasted brilliant heliodoxa ribinoides mindo pichincha province subsp. aequatorialis
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