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Green-crowned brilliant - feeding, Alambi Reserve, Ecuador This large humming bird is not picky, it feeds on various large flowers. Unlike most hummingbirds, it perches to feed. Alambi Reserve,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Green-crowned brilliant,Heliodoxa jacula,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge

Green-crowned brilliant - feeding, Alambi Reserve, Ecuador

This large humming bird is not picky, it feeds on various large flowers. Unlike most hummingbirds, it perches to feed.

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The Green-crowned brilliant

The green-crowned brilliant is a large, robust hummingbird that is a resident breeder in the highlands from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. It is also known as the green-fronted brilliant, notably by the Handbook of the Birds of the World.

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 18, 2021. Captured Nov 6, 2021 10:19 in 28J9+6G Taguaguipe, Ecuador.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 250mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.