Sword-billed hummingbird
Parque Nacional Natural de los Nevados, Caldas, Colombia; 3500 meters above sea level.
Ensifera ensifera (Sword-billed hummingbird / colibrí picoespada)
The sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), also known as the swordbill, is a neotropical species of hummingbird from the Andean regions of South America.
Among the largest species of hummingbird, it is characterized by its unusually long bill, being the only bird to have a beak longer than the rest of its body, excluding the tail. It uses its bill to drink nectar from flowers with long corollas. While most hummingbirds preen using their bills, the sword-billed hummingbird uses its feet to scratch and preen due to its bill being so long.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird
Sword-billed hummingbird
Parque Nacional Natural de los Nevados, Caldas, Colombia; 3500 meters above sea level.
Ensifera ensifera (Sword-billed hummingbird / colibrí picoespada)
The sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), also known as the swordbill, is a neotropical species of hummingbird from the Andean regions of South America.
Among the largest species of hummingbird, it is characterized by its unusually long bill, being the only bird to have a beak longer than the rest of its body, excluding the tail. It uses its bill to drink nectar from flowers with long corollas. While most hummingbirds preen using their bills, the sword-billed hummingbird uses its feet to scratch and preen due to its bill being so long.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird