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White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) in flight

An adult male White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hovers with widely stretched wings in front of a bright, blurred background and shows it’s profile.Read more

An adult male White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hovers with widely stretched wings in front of a bright, blurred background and shows it’s profile.
This humming bird is uniquely patterned with a blue head and chest, with a contrasting white nape and a green back.
It lives in forest canopies from Mexico to Bolivia. Concentrating at the flowering trees is this bird very aggressive and even territorial to one another.
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NIKON D5

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 40000 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 8000/10

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Jul, 2018

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