Female
Male
POEM
ONE
DAY I SAW
A BEUTIFUL BIRD
AND ALL MY FRIENDS WANT
KICK ME OFF THE WAY.
I
SAID TO MS.JESSA
I WANT THAT BIRD
AND MS.JESSASAID ME
"I LET YOU GOT HE."
MARTIN LONDOÑO
Common name: Blue tailed emerald
Scientific name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus
Identification:
MALE: Mostly glittering green, forked tail steely blue black.
FEMALE: Shining green above by prom, white streak behind eye, under parts pale gray, sides slightly greenish; square or slightly forked tail steely blue black narrowly tipped grayish white.
Similar species:
Widespread and often confused.
MALE: Much like larger Steely-vented hummingbird but lacks latter's pinkish lower mandible, coppery rump, and steel blue upper and under tail coverts.
FEMALE: From other female Chlorostilbon by blue black tail; from latter by dark bill.
Voice:
Weak call a slightly metallic tsip, song a short chipping twitter.
Behavior:
Feeds singly at flowers (usually at low or mod), several gather at flowering trees, despite small size, flight is straight and darting
Habitat:
Fairly common to common in gardens, cultivated areas, and shrubby or semi open areas with trees; favors moist to mod, dry areas. Numerous near Cali, Colombia.
Range:
Mainly 1000-2200 in W. Andes, Cauca, and w slope of C Andes s through Nariño; locally to 600m in dry Pacific slope vals.
Why do you like that bird?
I like this bird
becouse it look nice, that hummingbird was from manizales and was the
best hummingbird in the book of Manizales Birds.
