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Mellisuga helenae_Ernesto Reyes.jpg
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Mellisuga helenae_Ernesto Reyes.jpg (Mellisuga helenae)

Cosidered as the Smallest Hummingbird in world, males have blue back color with an iridescent red head color during the breeding season.
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Habitat
Forest
Location
Zapata Swamp
Date taken
January 6 2021
Scientific name
Mellisuga helenae
Equipment used
Canon 5D SR
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Cubanbirdguide
Thank you Donald Talbott. That gems are in Zapata Swamp, in Cuba. Really is a bonus to have the opportunity to get those pictures. Now this specie is just my gardens!! I am really so lucky!!! Hopefully we will start to guide our Birds and Nature photography tours very soon and get many pictures of those beautiful birds!!
 

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Mellisuga helenae_Ernesto Reyes.jpg
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Date taken
Wed, 06 January 2021 5:12 PM
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