The Torrent Duck is a bird which belongs to the family of Anatidae and the order Anseriformes, its measure around 42 centimeters.
The family Anatidae are medium to large birds, occupying all continents except Antarctica. The family is strong of about 165 species.
This species is native to the foothills and this fruiteater is usually found in the understory of dense, wet, mossy forests.
The approximate size of these bird is 18 cm.
Violet-tailed Sylph is a bird which belongs to the family of Trochilidae and the order of Apodiformes.
It is a very showy hummingbird because of its long iridescent violet tail. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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 measures around 18 centimeters, with an average weight of 41 gr. The male has a blue crown and nape; black cheeks with a small yellow spot under the eye; dark blue greyish back; golden yellow underside and black thighs.
Black- thighed puffleg are active, territorial hummingbird that primarily feed on nectar from low flowers.
It is endemic to the interior of wet montane forests of the Occidental and Central Cordillera of Colombia. Mainly from 1300 to 2200 meters above sea level; however, some records indicate it can be found as low as 900 meters, especially in the Department of Cauca.
The Great Sapphirewings primarily feed on nectar taken from a variety of brightly colored, scented small flowers of trees, herbs, shrubs and epiphytes.
