Micro birds in Macro Focus!
There was a time when savages and wild beasts run amok the earth. These humongous inhabitants of land were nature’s enormous lethal weapons designed to hunt and kill. Eventually life sheds it vessels of the colossus carriages and decided to float and fly freely into the vast spans of the sky. That is how the Jurassic era paved way for evolution of a magnificent creatures, known as class Eva the aviators or the birds.
Birds brought color to the planet’s palette. Adding vibrancy, luminescence and plush to the environs. The most unbelievable rendition of a terrible dinosaur today, is it being translated into the poky and flaky little hummingbirds. These cherubic pixies can be found in an astounding 300 different species around the world. Here is an exploration of few of the fauna in context:
* Violet Sabrewing:
Hailing from the lands of Maracas, this spectacular cherub dons a kingly bright violet vest with white weathers and a majestic black tail. The average female weighing 9.5 grams and males about 11.5 grams, are enthroned as the largest known species of hummingbirds. The hook like soot tinged beak helps them to feast on and pollinate the Heliconias and Banana flowers, from southern Mexico to Central America.
* Sword-billed Hummingbird:
Starring second on this list the bird with the longest beak is sword-billed hummingbird. Inhibiting the rain forests of Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador, these olive tinted raptors has the ability to siphon one the most delicate and remote classes of fauna i.e (long corolla flowers)
Ensifera-ensifera. With a gaunt frame of no more than 10-15 grams, the sword-billed hummingbird is usually found to nestle and breed at an elevation of 1700-3300 meters. Zoologists have graded it as the only bird with a beak larger in proportion than to its body.
* Snowcap Hummingbird:
As the name suggests a snowcap hummingbird can be easily distinguished due to the icy cap like comb on its head. No bigger than 2.5 inches in length and a mass of 2.5 grams, this is one of the smallest species. Mapping the neo-tropics of Central American, southern Honduras and Central Panama, this crimson fowl have small black beak and legs with a crimson plumage.
* Anna's Hummingbird:
From the royal pedigree of Vancouver, christened after the Duchess of Rivoli, Princess Anna d'Essling is the middle sized Anna’s hummingbird. An average length of 3.9 to 4.3 inches and poundage no more than 4.5 grams, this hummingbird is one of the most persistently artistically depicted. A fiery maroon sternum, blondish- green body, slender black beak, white layers of feathers, muddy silver belly and grayish pincers. Anna’s hummingbird is a brilliant prism of contrasting hues of a rainbow. Dominantly residing from Arizona to California.
* Red-tailed Comet Hummingbird:
Another denizen of the tropical cloud forests, frequenting Central Bolivia, Northern Argentina and Cordoba mountains is the hummingbird with an eminent and lengthy red tail. The Red-tailed comet is dressed in bright green with fleshy reddish-purple rump. This species of hummingbird have a tendency to feed on cacti and a great source of pollinators for these thorny and rare plants. A nominal black bill and lush green flanks, a red-comet on average weighs 5 grams and is recorded to grow 4.7-7.4 inches in length, thus earning a runner-up spot on the list.
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