Santa Marta Sabrewing: Rare Hummingbird Species
New Research Reveals Habitat, Range, and Behavior of Recently Rediscovered Hummingbird Species
After its unexpected rediscovery in 2022, researchers with American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, SELVA, ProCAT Colombia, and World Parrot Trust have released new findings about one of the rarest and most poorly known bird species in the world, the Santa Marta Sabrewing. Recently posted as a preprint in bioRxiv, the study offers a glimpse into previously undocumented feeding, singing, and courtship behaviors of this Critically Endangered hummingbird species.
Read more: abcbirds.org/news/santa-marta....
Video credits: @HummingbirdSpot by Carole Turek and Diego Calderón-Franco @diegoCOLbirding & @TheBirdersShow
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Great job! Terrific little hummingbird. Hope it won't go extinct.
Gorgeous!
Beautiful! I love birds so much
Brilliant! 😊
Beautiful ❤
What a darling!!
Blue-chinned Saphire? I saw them in Trinidad.
@abcbirds
4 ай бұрын
Looks similar but it's an entirely different species. This one can only be found in a small area in Colombia.
@nssudha
4 ай бұрын
Got it. Thank you!
0:19 Who is making this low-frequency sound?
@abcbirds
4 ай бұрын
We're not sure! Out in nature there's sometimes background noise. ☺️
@dnbkilla
4 ай бұрын
@@abcbirds okay) i just think, maybe its a bird)