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White-tailed hillstar, Montezuma, Colombia
A fairly dull name for a bird with this many colors. This hillstar was found in the lodge area of Tatama National Park near a feeder. Weak flash light reflects on their iridescent feathers, showing the true colors of this bird: brown, orange, green, blue, yellow. Based on range, likely this is the West Andes sub species: Urochroa bougueri bougueri.
By the way, this is the first photo of a series that will last months where I'll document the trip we just came back from through North West Colombia. I'll put all photos below this tag:
805Colombia Choco & Pacific region
There's also a lengthy travel report, in case you haven't seen it yet:
https://ferdychristant.com/colombia-2017-travel-report-e8f7c0ef8733
The rufous-gaped hillstar formerly known as White-tailed hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, and one of two species in the genus "Urochroa". It is found in humid montane forest in southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru.
