Birds of Ecuador

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Heliomaster (1 species, 4 worldwide)


Long-billed Starthroat
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris longirostris) Male
ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Long-billed Starthroat
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) Female
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Seems to wander; widespread but not reliable anywhere.
Feeding at heliconia.


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