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Donkees

(32,437 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2023, 11:27 AM Jan 2023

Gorgeted Woodstar



Woodstars are tiny hummingbirds that fly like bumblebees. Gorgeted Woodstar is found in the subtropical and temperate zone of the Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador, where it inhabits cloud forest, edges, and second growth. Males are deep emerald-green (more of a bluish tone than other woodstars) with a glittering wine-colored throat and white patches on the sides of the rump. On both sexes, bill often appears slightly decurved, more than other woodstars. Sometimes seen singly feeding in the canopy or at lower patches of flowers. Visits feeders.

https://ebird.org/species/gorwoo2
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Gorgeted Woodstar (Original Post) Donkees Jan 2023 OP
Beautiful! tblue37 Jan 2023 #1
Gorgeous bird! Bayard Jan 2023 #2

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
2. Gorgeous bird!
Tue Jan 3, 2023, 01:00 PM
Jan 2023

I had to look up gorgeted:

1. A piece of armor protecting the throat.
2. An ornamental collar.
3. The scarflike part of a wimple covering the neck and shoulders.
4. A band or patch of distinctive color on the throat of an animal, especially an area of brightly colored feathers on the throat of a bird.

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