10,000 Birds: Bird a Day

hummingbirds

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in Ecuador shooting out its super-long tongue!

Did you know that the Sword-billed Hummingbird is the only bird in the world with a bill longer than its body? Click on the photo for a gallery of what must be one of the coolest birds ever…

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in Ecuador shooting out its super-long tongue!

Did you know that the Sword-billed Hummingbird is the only bird in the world with a bill longer than its body? Click on the photo for a gallery of what must be one of the coolest birds ever…

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Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) at Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador

This big beauty just missed the cut for our list of Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die. Click the photo to see how different the female looks and what other hummers are found at Yanacocha!

Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) at Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador

This big beauty just missed the cut for our list of Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die. Click the photo to see how different the female looks and what other hummers are found at Yanacocha!

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Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) at Pululahua Hostal in Ecuador

Click on the photo to see what this awesome hummingbird looks like and find out how amazing birding can be at the bottom of the extinct volcano’s caldera!

Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) at Pululahua Hostal in Ecuador

Click on the photo to see what this awesome hummingbird looks like and find out how amazing birding can be at the bottom of the extinct volcano’s caldera!

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Berylline Hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina) at Finca El Pilar in Guatemala

Click on the link to find out what kind of birds you’ll find at one of the coolest coffee farms/nature sanctuaries in Guatemala!

Berylline Hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina) at Finca El Pilar in Guatemala

Click on the link to find out what kind of birds you’ll find at one of the coolest coffee farms/nature sanctuaries in Guatemala!

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Veraguan Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis) in Panama

Veraguan Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis) in Panama

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) at a feeder in New York

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) at a feeder in New York

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Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) at dusk

Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) at dusk

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