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Aglaiocercus kingii (male)
Striking hummingbird of about 8cm body length, and a tail twice that long. Iridescent colouration in hues of green and blue. Only the male has this exceptionally long tail, which actually hinders its flight, but comes into play during courtship when females pick the males with the longest tail feathers.
Cloud forest in the Cocora Valley, in the Colombian Andes.
Spotted on Dec 27, 2015
Submitted on Dec 16, 2017
10 Comments
Thanks for the SOTD and all the nice comments! Made my day :-)
Beautiful photo Felix,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congrats, Felix - great shot!
Congrats! Such a beautiful spotting!
Congratulations Felix!
Congratulations Felix, this beauty is our Spotting of the Day:
"You might see the flower first, but this spotting is about the bird! This remarkable male Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) is our Spotting of the Day. The long-tailed sylph is a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Only the male carries exceptionally long tail feathers which actually hinders its flight, but which will be favoured by females during courtship. First occurence for this species on Project Noah".
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Thanks, SukanyaDatta! Appreciate the kind words.
The bird says look at me and the flower says look at me....I am pie-eyef. What a shot!!
Thanks, Christine!
Fantastic color and tail...Beautiful shot too!