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#HummingbirdFamily

🌎 White-throated hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) #SouthAmericanBirds | #WhiteThroatedHummingbird #LeucochlorisAlbicollis | #EmeraldHummingbirds #Hummingbirds #HummingbirdFamily 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌎 White-throated hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis)

The white-throated hummingbird is a distinctive medium-sized hummingbird, 10-11.5 cm long, with both sexes displaying mossy golden-green upperparts and a striking bold white throat and belly. The bill is straight, medium-length, with a blackish upper mandible and a red lower mandible tipped with black. This species is distributed across eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina, inhabiting semi-open to open areas like forest edges, marshes, scrublands, parks, and gardens, generally below 1000m elevation. White-throated hummingbirds primarily forage for nectar from a wide variety of native and introduced flowering plants, often visiting feeders. They are mostly sedentary, though some local dispersal occurs. Their breeding season is from October to March, building a cup nest on horizontal branches. They are generally common and adaptable to human-modified habitats. No subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Beto_MdP via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/hummingbird-bird-ornithology-avian-8642179/

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New addition! 🌎 Southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas peruviana) #SouthAmericanBirds | #SouthernGiantHummingbird #PatagonaGigasPeruviana | #GiantHummingbirds #Hummingbirds #HummingbirdFamily #Nightbirds 📷: Photo by Keishpixl🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌎 Southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas peruviana)

This subspecies of the southern giant hummingbird (the largest of its kind) has a mostly yellowish brown plumage, a white throat and a notably long, straight bill. Found exclusively in the Andean regions of Peru and Chile, it inhabits high-altitude scrublands and canyons. This powerful flier expertly hovers while feeding on nectar from large flowers, and fiercely defends its territory against rivals. 1 of 2 subspecies.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Keishpixl via Pixabay

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🌎 Glittering-bellied emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) #SouthAmericanBirds | #GlitteringBelliedEmerald | #Emeralds #Hummingbirds #HummingbirdFamily 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌎 Glittering-bellied emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) ♂

The Glittering-bellied emerald is a small hummingbird found in South America. Males have a shimmering green back, a blue-green throat, and a black-tipped red bill. Females are duller green with a black bill. They inhabit open areas with scattered trees, like gardens, parks, and forest edges. These hummingbirds are active and territorial, defending feeding areas from other birds. They feed on nectar from flowers and also catch insects in flight. GG 2024 (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Beto_MdP via Pixabay

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