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Hummingbird

Jun, 2015

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This is a living jewel, and a remarkable photograph, a masterpiece. This looks to be the emerald green Versicoloured Emerald Hummingbird, Amazilia versicolor then again there are so many emerald green hummingbird species, could another species... where did you photograph it?

Thanks to your detailed information, I now know that it is a Cuban emerald green hummingbird, Chlorostilbon ricordii. I understand how difficult it was for you to photograph it right as I once kept similar nectarivorous birds, more precisely the Purple Honey Creeper or Guït Guït Sai, Cyanerpes caeruleus and they were also quite difficult to photograph as they move very fast and many times.

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