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Daily Archives: April 11, 2020

Black-tailed Hummingbird, Ollyatantabo, Peru

Return of Bird of the Week: Black-tailed Trainbearer


Here’s a hummingbird species whose tail is even longer than its name. The tail of a Black-tailed Trainbearer – a pretty cool name for this species – is half again as long as its body. Perhaps to compensate, it has one of the shortest bills of the hummingbirds. The species favors open areas, gardens and…

April 11, 2020 in Birds and Birding, Commentary, Photography.
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