Yet one unusual species in Ecuador is nesting in colonies in the High Andes. When ornithologist Gustavo Cañas-Valle stumbled upon this fraternization among the Chimborazo Hillstar hummingbirds ...

Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in November in the journal Ornithology, may be the first documented example of hummingbirds that nested and roosted communally. It is also notable that he found the ...

Hummingbirds are small birds native to the Americas, and they largely form the Trochilidae family of avians. There are already hundreds of known species ... to look like the Ecuador poison ...

Why did the snake cross the road? To slither to its summer home.  After a short period of cold weather, the snakes were out, ...

Hummingbirds are small birds native to the Americas, and they largely form the Trochilidae family of avians. There are already hundreds of known species, but new ones ... but has evolved to look like ...

Northern Giant Hummingbird (Patagona chaski/peruviana) in Ecuador. Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The Giant Hummingbird is the largest hummingbird species on the planet, ...

Ecuador. By Murray Foubister – https://www.flickr.com ... curid=48291666 The Violet-crowned Woodnymph is a hummingbird species known for the male’s brilliant violet crown and iridescent green body.

Hummingbirds are one of the most beloved signs of spring, and luckily, many states across America get to enjoy their presence ...