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White-booted racket-tail (female) - tongue out, Tatama National Park, Colombia A female White-booted racket-tail with the tongue partly out. According to this article...<br /> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-hummingbirds-tongue-how-it-works.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-hummingbirds-tongue-how-it-works.html</a><br /> <br /> ...hummingbird tongues are forked. They go into a flower compressed, then split into the fork inside the flower to trap the nectar, and then pull out. Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Fall,Geotagged,Montezuma,Ocreatus underwoodii,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,White-booted racket-tail,World Click/tap to enlarge

White-booted racket-tail (female) - tongue out, Tatama National Park, Colombia

A female White-booted racket-tail with the tongue partly out. According to this article...
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-hummingbirds-tongue-how-it-works.html

...hummingbird tongues are forked. They go into a flower compressed, then split into the fork inside the flower to trap the nectar, and then pull out.

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The White-booted racket-tail

The white-booted racket-tail is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the Andean cordillera of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. A population also occurs on the Venezuelan coast.

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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 Jan 16, 2018. Captured Oct 18, 2017 11:57 in Apía-Tadó, Condoto, Chocó, Colombia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/8.0
  • 1/400s
  • ISO2500
  • 550mm
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.