Napo Sabrewing (Campylopterus villaviscensio)

What a great find for you Chris... only the second picture to come in for this species.

A fabulous picture it is too lad - many thanks for letting us see it.

Impressive indeed. Excellent bird and picture C.B., TFS!

delia todd said:

What a great find for you Chris... only the second picture to come in for this species.

A fabulous picture it is too lad - many thanks for letting us see it.

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Thanks Delia. I have lots of more conventional shots of perched birds (this and a slightly "more adult" male) should you want to one for Opus.

Thanks so much for your offer Chris. We have what appears to be a male in flight, so shows it's underwing. But a perched adult male would be lovely for the main picture, and this immature bird.

Any hope of a female in amongst your images ?

delia todd said:

Thanks so much for your offer Chris. We have what appears to be a male in flight, so shows it's underwing. But a perched adult male would be lovely for the main picture, and this immature bird.

Any hope of a female in amongst your images ?

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We didn't see any obvious females (true for several species of hummingbird on this & other trips) - maybe don't tend to visit feeders or other areas where multiple males hang out?

After reviewing all my images of this species I suspect the above image is actually an adult male rather than an immature. I've shared a Flickr album with a sample of images which you should be able to copy from as required. This includes an "obvious" immature (1st image) but the remaining images are IMHO probably all adult males mostly of the same bird (based on the pattern of tiny white feathers in the gorget) but looking quite different based on how the light catches the forehead. Link to Flickr album:


While I'm typing, not sure if you noticed I'd loaded a couple of images of Tooth-billed Hummingbird the other day which looks to be a photo-free species in Opus in case you want to use those (I have many other examples of the same bird still to review/cull!).