Sparring Hummingbirds (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Sparring Hummingbirds

Caption

Sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans) and Brown violetear (Colibri delphinae) displaying their neck-side feathers, so called "ears", trying to dissuade each other from using their bill weapons: strongly serrated bill edges and dagger-like tips.

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Photo by Cristian Irian, Finca Colibrí Gorriazul, Colombia.

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