Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) - World's Rarest Hummingbird?
Marvelous Spatuletail Biological Interpretation Station, Pomacochas, Utcubamba Valley, Amazonas dept., Peru.
Is this the World's rarest Hummingbird? It only exists in the Utcubamba Valley in Peru, and is Endangered due to threats from habitat loss, and because it's heart, believe it or not, is a delicacy amongst the locals! Let us know if there are rarer ones.
See previous photos for more information on this gorgeous little hummer.
There's a fantastic video of the Marvelous Spatuletail in courtship display by filmmaker Greg Homel here www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/video/spatuletail.html - check it out!