Lucas Bustamante / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) Yanacocha, Pichincha, Ecuador
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Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus). Cyprus. April.
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Konrad Wothe / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in flight, North-Ecuador, Ecuador.
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Konrad Wothe / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) hovering in flight, North-Ecuador.
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Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.
Pete Oxford / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), the only species of bird to have a bill longer than the rest of its body, approaching a flower. Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador.
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Pete Oxford / Silhouette of a Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), the only species of bird to have a bill longer than the rest of its body. Yanacocha Reserve cloud forest, Ecuador.
Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) female feeding from Passion flower (Passiflora mixta). Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights...
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) female feeding from Datura flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January
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Jack Dykinga / Moss covered trunks of Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis} and Big leaf maple {Acer macrophyllum}, also Sword ferns {Polystichum munitum} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA
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Norbert Wu / Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) worldwide, can tolerate temperatures of five degrees Celsius and dive to 650 meters, uses sword to kill prey such as squid, can grow to 14 feet and 1200 pounds, Sardinia, I...
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JIM CLARE / Sword billed hummingbird {Ensifera ensifera} feeds from Datura flower. Andes, Ecuador
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Kristel Richard / Man dressed as medieval knight riding Pinto horse, collecting rings with sword. Ommegang religious and historical pageant procession, Brussels, Belgium. June 2019.
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Ingo Arndt / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) male nectaring on Red floripontio (Brugmansia sanguinea) flower. Eastern Andean slope, Ecuador. October.
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John Shaw / Sword ferns (Polystichum munitum) in a red alder (Alnus rubra) grove. Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Sword ferns (Polystichum munitum) in a red alder (Alnus rubra) grove. Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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John Shaw / Moss-covered Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June.
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Rick Price / Flame fiddler crab (Uca flammula), two males displaying and fighting with sword-like pincers. Cyclone Creek, Talbot Bay, The Kimberley
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Lucas Bustamante / Sword-Billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) Guango, Napo, Ecuador
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Ralph Pace / Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) with tags to determine effectiveness of fishing gear, San Diego, California
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Ralph Pace / Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) with tags to determine effectiveness of fishing gear, San Diego, California
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Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow. Cyprus. April.
Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow with trees in background. Cyprus. April.
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Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow, trees in background. Cyprus. April.
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Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow, trees and sea in background. Cyprus. April 2017.
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Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), in meadow. Cyprus. April.
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Edwin Giesbers / Wildflower meadow with Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), Crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Cyprus. April 2017.
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Robert Thompson / Sword-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) French Pyrenees, France. May
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Robert Thompson / Sword-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) French Pyrenees, France. May
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Alex Hyde / Blue Doctor butterfly (Rhetus periander) drinking salts from mineral-rich river clay, a behaviour know as 'puddling'. On the banks of the Manu River, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. No...
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Alex Hyde / Blue Doctor butterfly (Rhetus periander) drinking salts from mineral-rich river clay, a behaviour know as 'puddling'. On the banks of the Manu River, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. No...
Jack Dykinga / Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) draped in moss and surrounded by lush forest understory of sword ferns (Polystichum munitum) Prairie Creek Redwoods State and National Park, California.
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Robert Thompson / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in deciduous woodland. South of Casteil, Vernet Les Bains, Pyrenees Orientales, south west France. May 2018.
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Kim Taylor / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalantheria longifolia). Apennines, Italy, May.
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Lucas Bustamante / Sword billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in flight, Guango, Napo, Ecuador.
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Jack Dykinga / Close-up of a Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) lamina unfurling, Redwood National Park, Prairie Creek, California, USA. May 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Close-up of a Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) lamina unfurling, Redwood National Park, Prairie Creek, California, USA. May 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Bracken ferns and Sorrel growing on a felled Redwood tree, Redwood National Park, Prairie Creek, California, USA. June 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.
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Ondrej Prosicky/ BIA / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Men with skin coloured with sand participating in traditional dance, Bolama Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) and Narbonne Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum narbonense) Peloponese, Greece. April.
Mike Read / Narrow-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) in mixed woodland, Chappetts Copse, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK, May.
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Connor Stefanison / Vine maple (Acer circinatum) and Sword ferns (Polystichum munitum) in a coastal temperate rainforest in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada June
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Connor Stefanison / Vine maple (Acer circinatum) and Sword ferns (Polystichum munitum) in a coastal temperate rainforest in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada June
Jeff Foott / Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum), Redwood National Park, California
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) trees and Sword Ferns (Polystichum munitum) in forest, Muir Woods National Monument, California
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Mike Read / Narrow-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Megaliths with engraved figures (sword), megalithic stelae field, Tiya archaeological site UNESCO World Heritage Site, Soddo Region, Ethiopia. February 2009.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Megaliths with engraved figures (sword), megalithic stelae field, Tiya archaeological site UNESCO World Heritage Site, Soddo Region, Ethiopia. February 2009
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Constantinos Petrinos / Megaliths with engraved figures (sword), megalithic stelae field, Tiya archaeological site UNESCO World Heritage Site, Soddo Region, Ethiopia. February 2009
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Pascal Pittorino / Italian gladiolus (Gladolius italicus) flowers in a garden, Var, France, Provence, April.
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Pascal Pittorino / Italian gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers in a garden, Var, France, Provence, May.
Chris Mattison / Marsh haircap moss (Polystichum commune) Isle of Mull, Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.
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Cyril Ruoso / European black pine (Pinus nigra) forest floor with Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) with sun shining through the tree trunks, Cevennes, France.
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Barry Bland / Bull fighting, torero stabbing bull with estoque sword, during the final stage of the bull fight, Tercio de Muerte. Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain. July 2014.
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Barry Bland / Matador holding estoca sword after death of bull during bull fight, Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain. July 2014.
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Barry Bland / Bull fighting, bull with sword in side running at cape during final round of the bull fight, Tercio de Muerte, Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain. July 2014.
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Barry Bland / Bull fighting, torero stabbing bull with estoque sword, during the final stage of the bull fight, Tercio de Muerte. Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain. July 2014.
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Barry Bland / Bull fighting, torero stabbing bull with estoque sword, during the final stage of the bull fight, Tercio de Muerte. Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain. July 2014.
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Barry Bland / Bull fighting, torero stabbing bull with estoque sword, during the final stage of the bull fight, Tercio de Muerte. Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain. July 2014.
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Graeme Guy / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) flying, Yanacocha Reserve, Andes, Ecuador
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) male feeding from passionflower (Passiflora mixta), Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America. January.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Two Tuareg swords, Niamey, Niger, 2005.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Field Gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), Italy, May. Taken with digital focus stacking.
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Jack Dykinga / Towering Coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) rising from forest understory of sword ferns and sorrel, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, May.
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Jack Dykinga / Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees covered in moss and surrounded by sword ferns form a maze of tree trunks. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, USA, May.
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Alex Hyde / Dark Sword-grass moth (Agrotis ipsilon) photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK. September.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) Mount Peglia, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, April.