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Rivoli's hummingbird

Or the Magnificent, pre 2017... Cool facts from Cornell:

•The Rivoli's Hummingbird is the second-largest hummingbird north of Mexico. Only the Blue-throated Hummingbird is larger.

•Rivoli’s Hummingbird was named in honor of the Duke of Rivoli, an amateur ornithologist. Anna’s Hummingbird was named after his wife, Anna, the Duchess of Rivoli. [As we all are amateur ornithologists in our own way, we should too get a bird named after us. What's good for a Duke should be good for us poppers]

•The Rivoli's Hummingbird has been known to hybridize with the Blue-throated Hummingbird, Broad-billed Hummingbird, the Violet-crowned Hummingbird, and the Berylline Hummingbird.

•Rivoli's Hummingbirds have one of the highest recorded heart rates of any vertebrate (range 420–1,200 beats/min)

•A hummingbird flower mite uses the Rivoli's Hummingbird for transport: hiding in the birds’ nasal passages until they can jump off at a subsequent flower patch.

•The oldest recorded Rivoli's Hummingbird was a male, and at least 11 years old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Arizona.

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Uploaded on April 17, 2019
Taken on April 6, 2019