A massive snowy mountain covers the horizon of the Manizales city not only imposing respect but also fulfilling the hearts of each person who wakes up with this beautiful panorama The Nevado del Ruiz volcano knowing as cumanday too is located in the southeast of Manizales with an elevation of 5,321 M.A.S.L (17,457 ft) and […]
The Santa Marta blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is an endemic bird of Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The food of this species is nectar, taken from a wide variety of flowers, and some small insects. Ruby-topaz hummingbird males perch conspicuously and defend their territories aggressively. The call of this species is a high-pitched tsip.
This hummingbird is relatively common in dry, wet, and very humid forests. It uses secondary mountains, forest edges and clearings, semi-open areas and coffee plantations.
It is usually a solitary hummingbird in medium-high stratum. It perches with its bill pointing upwards. flutter when drinking, keeping the bill vertically upwards. Prefers spp. of Passiflora and Datura, which he visits following his regular routes. Occasionally he is seen catching insects in the air.
Hummingbirds of the genus 𝘉𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘢 are accustomed to stretching their wings an instant after perching.
Between 2100-3800m (usually above 2900m). At the northern end of the Cordillera Occidental, in the Páramo de Frontino; and on both sides of the Cordillera Central from the north of Tolima (Nevado del Ruiz) and in the south to Cauca. In the Andes of Nariño (Primolinus). In Colombia to the south by the Andes to the south of Ecuador.
It is a sedentary and territorial hummingbird that moves altitudinally at certain times of the year.
Black- thighed puffleg are active, territorial hummingbird that primarily feed on nectar from low flowers.
The Great Sapphirewings primarily feed on nectar taken from a variety of brightly colored, scented small flowers of trees, herbs, shrubs and epiphytes.
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