Hook bill
Slaty flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea) in Costa Rican Cloud Forest. Flowerpiercers drink nectar from flowers, but they don't have a long bill to access the flower from the front - they use their sharp pierced bill to poke a hole in the side of the blossom and they collect the nectar that drains out in their lower beak - thus depriving the flower of being pollinated.
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Hook bill
Slaty flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea) in Costa Rican Cloud Forest. Flowerpiercers drink nectar from flowers, but they don't have a long bill to access the flower from the front - they use their sharp pierced bill to poke a hole in the side of the blossom and they collect the nectar that drains out in their lower beak - thus depriving the flower of being pollinated.
1,635
views
16
faves
1
comment
Uploaded on February 15, 2020
Taken on January 21, 2020