On this trip for the first time I encountered tropical hummingbird feeders. In this private garden in the rain forest they were everywhere, and they were completely habituated to human beings. They would zing past one's ears close enough that one could feel the air that was stirred up by their...
Male on the left; female on the right.
The male has long, green cheek tufts with white spots which it flares out as in this photo. This also shows the iridescent green patch behind the eyes. Like all Lophornis hummingbirds, it has a narrow band across the rump which in the case of the male is...
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