Wildsumaco’s Hummingbird Feeders

Rain or shine (and you’ll get plenty of both) Wildsumaco’s hummingbird feeders are extremely busy all day with some amazingly brilliant hummingbirds darting around daring you to take a photo while they are in motion.

My eBird list of hummingbirds

I never would have been able to identify all these but after sitting down with our guide, we scored 15 species of hummingbirds!  I didn’t get photos of them all as I was confused about which ones I already photographed but I tried!

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

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Brown Violetear

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Gould’s Jewelfront

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Booted Racket-tail

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Booted Racket-tail  (not sure who the “ghost” is)!

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Wire-crested Thorntails

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A group of Singaporean birders showed up with some very impressive camera gear!  It was hilarious when we were all in a row focussed on the poor little hummingbirds who must have thought they were in a war zone, that’s what it sounded like with all those bursts!DSCN2156 DSCN2154 DSCN2158

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Brown Violetear

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Many-spotted Hummingbird

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Black-throated Brilliant

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Napo Sabrewing

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Golden-tailed Sapphire

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Golden-tailed Sapphire

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Golden-tailed Sapphire

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Golden-tailed Sapphire

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Booted Racket-tail

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Fork-tailed Woodnymph

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Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)

The Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) is a species of hummingbird and a firm favourite with birders in Ecuador.  The fashion-forward little beauty not only sports the distinctive rackets on the end of his long tail but different coloured boots!  On the western slopes of the Andes (Mindo area), the hummingbirds are sophisticated and elegant in fluffy white boots.  On the eastern slopes (WildSumaco, Napo, etc) they dazzle in rusty orange boots.  Either way, they are dressed for success and you won’t want to miss them!

These 2 photos showing white boots were taken at Angel Paz Refuge in Mindo area.

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This little guy is proudly showing his orange boots at Wildsumaco.  See the iridescence by night!IMG_4716 DSCN2141

You can find them in in the Andean cordillera of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.  They are easily seen at the hummingbird feeders in most lodges in the Mindo area and at Wildsumaco Lodge.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT BOOTED RACKET-TAILS

Wikipedia

Birdlife

Neotropical Birds

American Bird Conservancy

VIDEOS

Filmed at Wild Sumaco, this video shows how fast they really are.

Looking adorable with very puffy boots!

There’s a short clips here NOT at a hummingbird feeder.