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Blue tailed emerald

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  1. View frotle803's profile
    frotle803
    Katipo Spider
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    Beautiful colors! Posted 10 years ago
  2. View frotle803's profile
    frotle803
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    Sorry. Didn't mean for it to send it three times. Posted 10 years ago
  3. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
    Lion
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    Wow, this is spectacular, great shot! Posted 10 years ago
  4. View Eric_S's profile
    Eric_S
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    Awesome shot!! Posted 10 years ago
  5. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    You have done this bird a lot of justice, Paulien, truly amazing capture! Posted 10 years ago
  6. View Lilygirl's profile
    Lilygirl
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    Hi Paulien,
    Thanks for your vote on the "Please don't" photo...just a little levity.
    This picture that you posted of the Blue-tailed emerald is spectacular. Good job...and welcome to Jungle Dragon.     Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
  7. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    Wow, what a great shot, love that pose.
    Really perfectly timed, beuatifully symmetrical!     Posted 10 years ago

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The Blue-tailed emerald

The blue-tailed emerald is a hummingbird found in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes from Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil.

The taxonomy is highly complex and it often includes ''C. canivetii'', ''C. auriceps'', ''C. forficatus'', ''C. assimilis'', ''C. gibsoni'' and ''C. melanorhynchus'' from north-western South America and Central America as subspecies.

It is a bird of savanna, scrub, cultivation.. more

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
Species identified by Paulien
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By Paulien

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Uploaded Sep 23, 2014. Captured Feb 27, 2013 07:11 in Caracasbaaiweg, Jan Thiel, Curaçao.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/7.1
  • 10/4000s
  • ISO500
  • 420mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.