- A small emerald angel -
"The hummingbird competes with the stillness of the air."
Chogyam Trungpa
White-throated hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis)
Portuguese ID: Beija flor de papo branco
Measures about 10 centimeters.
A species without sexual dimorphism, it feeds on the nectar of flowers but also eats insects it captures in flight.
It makes its nest, a bowl of paina coated on the outside with mosses and lichens, on top of a horizontal branch or a fork. It puts two white eggs, which are incubated only by the female.
- A small emerald angel -
"The hummingbird competes with the stillness of the air."
Chogyam Trungpa
White-throated hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis)
Portuguese ID: Beija flor de papo branco
Measures about 10 centimeters.
A species without sexual dimorphism, it feeds on the nectar of flowers but also eats insects it captures in flight.
It makes its nest, a bowl of paina coated on the outside with mosses and lichens, on top of a horizontal branch or a fork. It puts two white eggs, which are incubated only by the female.