BAND-TAILED BARBTHROAT – (Species Account Weblog #24)
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TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Threnetes ruckeri
A medium-sized hermit, with an nearly straight invoice, the Band-tailed Barbthroat is often present in understory of major and disturbed forests, forest edge, dense second-growth, shrubbery, and plantations, typically close to rivers. The Band-tailed Barbthroat is principally nectivorous, however can even devour arthropods, particularly spiders. (from Birds of the World)
OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
Strictly a low elevation hummingbird of the South Pacific and Caribbean Lowlands in Costa Rica, this species is extra seemingly discovered away from feeders at heliconias and different flowering crops. My remark of this hummingbird was as a consequence of a fortuitous want for me to step away from our tour group and step off the aspect of the path briefly. It form of startled me and as I fumbled with making an attempt to get my digital camera up and it flitted away briefly, however then got here proper again. I initially thought it was one other Stripe-throated Hermit as I couldn’t get my bins on it. I lastly obtained it in focus whereas it poked round at a number of spider webs. I couldn’t inform if it was gathering webs for a nest or if it was looking spiders. As I hurridly walked to catch again as much as the group I spotted it was a brand new lifer for me. All as a result of mom nature was calling…
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