Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) - HBW 5, p. 663
French: Loddigésie admirable
German: Violettscheitel-Flaggensylphe
Spanish: Colibrí Admirable
Other common names: Marvellous/Peruvian Racquet-tailed Hummingbird, Loddiges’s Spatuletail
Taxonomy: Trochilus mirabilis Bourcier, 1847, Chachapoyas, Peru.
Uncertain systematic affinities; possibly closely related to Heliactin and Heliothryx. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Peru, along E bank of R Utcubamba (Amazonas).
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A male displaying its gorget and frontlet, scratching itself and flying away Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 30 November 2006 4 years ago 25 sec 5 -
An adult male on a lekking perch Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 30 November 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4.9 -
An adult male displaying from a perch Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 30 November 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 4.9 -
Male to male competetive flight display, with the spatules raised, in slow motion Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 30 November 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 4.9 -
A close-up of a male advertising from a lek and articulating its tail feathers Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 30 November 2006 4 years ago 24 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a male with flower mites crawling on its bill Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 30 November 2006 4 years ago 32 sec 4.7
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Male in Flight
Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru
Dubi shapiro 7 November 2011 11 weeks ago 4.9 -
Male in Flight
Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru
Dubi shapiro 10 February 2010 27 weeks ago 4.8 -
Male in flight
Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru
Dubi shapiro 7 November 2011 11 weeks ago 4.8 -
A male adult flying.
Locality Pomacocha village, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross 3 May 2011 40 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult male photographed perched on a branch, very active sp. difficult to find it resting
Locality Guembo, Amazonas Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Renzo Zeppilli 24 February 2010 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
Male feeding against the sky
Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru
Dubi shapiro 7 November 2011 6 weeks ago 3.3
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Calls given in flight from a female feeding in a low flowering bush. Locality La Florida, Amazonas Department, Peru
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 3 September 2003 2 years ago 3
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