A Rare MOUNTAIN AVOCETBILL (hummingbird) Opisthoprora euryptera Hovering at Flowers near Papallacta in ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

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MOUNTAIN AVOCETBILL Opisthoprora euryptera. This Mountain Avocetbill is hovering in front of a bank of red and yellow tubular flowers of Centropogon sp. (family Campanulacea) on a steep mountainside high on the eastern slope of the Andes in northern Ecuador near Papallacta at an altitude of approximately 2,700 meters (8,858 feet) on June 27, 2014. The mechanism employed by this Mountain Avocetbill for feeding at these Centropogon sp. flowers is as follows. First, the hummingbird grasps the…

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A Rare MOUNTAIN AVOCETBILL (hummingbird) Opisthoprora euryptera Hovering at Flowers near Papallacta in ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken. | Hummingbird photos, Hummingbird, Mayan ruins