Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)

The Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii) is a hummingbird and is one of the smallest birds on Earth.  They are one of the most interesting looking hummingbirds with that thin wiry crest, white band around the rump and long thin tail.

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They have a small range in the eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and PeruWildsumaco is probably the easiest place to see them around the hummingbird feeders.

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Wants to look his best.

Sitting pretty