JIM CLARE / Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird, (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) feeding on chuquiragua or Flower of the Andes, (Chuquiragua sp) with flower mites on the beak. The mites feed on nectar and flower tissues a...
Doug Wechsler / Ecuadorian hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) male on Chirquiragua, Antisanilla Ecological Reserve, Ecuador.
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Guy Edwardes / Ecuadorian Hillstar Hummingbird (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) perched on Chuquiraga (Chuquiraga jussieui) , Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
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Guy Edwardes / Ecuadorian Hillstar Hummingbird (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) perched on Chuquiraga (Chuquiraga jussieui) , Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador
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Daniel Mideros / Ecuadorian hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) male perched on a Chuquiraga (Chuquiraga sp.) flower. The light hits the bird's iridescent feathers as it looks round. Antisana, Ecuador. May.
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Lucas Bustamante / Ecuadorian hillstar / Chimborazo hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) male, perched on Flower of the Andes (Chuquiraga jussieui), Chimborazo National Park, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
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Lucas Bustamante / Ecuadorian hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) female, perched on Flowers of the Andes (Chuquiraga jussieui) with wings spread, ??Cotopaxi National Park, Cotopaxi, Ecuador.?
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Lucas Bustamante / Male Ecuadorian hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) drinking nectar from the Flower of the Andes (Chuquiraga jussieui). This hummingbird feeds perched on its food-plant rather than by hovering, and so...
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Lucas Bustamante / Ecuadorian hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) male flying from a patch of Flowers of the andes (Chuquiraga jussieu) after feeding. Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador.
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Guy Edwardes / Ecuadorian hillstar hummingbird (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) perched on Chuquiraga (Chuquiraga jussieui). Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador.
