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Marvelous Spatuletail
Loddigesia mirabilisThe Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is a medium-sized (up to 15 cm long) white, green and bronze hummingbird adorned with blue crest feathers, a brilliant turquoise gorget, and a black line on its white underparts. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Loddigesia. A endemic, this species is found in the forest edge of the Río Utcubamba region. It was first reported in 1835 by the bird collector Andrew Matthews for George Loddiges. The Marvellous Spatuletail is unique among birds, for it has just four feathers in its tail. Its most remarkable feature is the male's two long racquet-shaped outer tail feathers that cross each other and end in large violet-blue discs or "spatules". He can move them independently. Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size, and limited range, the Marvellous Spatuletail is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. In 2006, American Bird Conservancy provided Peruvian conservation partner ECOAN with support to sign a conservation easement with the Pomacochas Community to protect and manage about of significant habitat for the Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird. Over 30,000 sapplings of native trees and bushes have since been planted there for the spatuletail. This conservation easement is the first of its kind in Peru. The Marvellous Spatuletail has been featured on the PBS TV series Nature.
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Marvellous Spatuletail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is a medium-sized (up to 15 cm long) white, green and bronze hummingbird adorned with blue crest feathers, a ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loddigesia_mirabil... Marvellous spatuletail ( Loddigesia mirabilis ) Information on the marvellous spatuletail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... www.arkive.org/marvellous-spatuletail/lo... Loddigesia mirabilis (Marvellous Spatuletail, Marvelous Spatuletail) Range Description: Loddigesia mirabilis is uncommon and restricted to the eastern slopes of the río Utcubamba valley (an affluent on the right bank of the río ... www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details... Mystery bird: marvellous spatuletail, Loddigesia mirabilis ... Marvellous spatuletail, Loddigesia mirabilis, also known as the Peruvian racquet-tailed hummingbird or Loddiges's spatuletail, photographed at Río ... www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-eq... Loddigesia mirabilis - Wikispecies - Wikimedia Foundation species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Loddigesia_mi... ARKive - Marvellous spatuletail photo - Loddigesia mirabilis - G52948 Marvelous spatuletail perched on branch - View amazing Marvellous spatuletail photos - Loddigesia mirabilis - on ARKive www.arkive.org/marvellous-spatuletail/lo... MARVELOUS SPATULETAIL Loddigesia mirabilis Among the 328 species of hummingbirds in the world (Schuchmann 1999), none are more local, spectacular, and mysterious than the Marvelous Spatuletail which exists ... creagrus.home.montereybay.com/spatuletai... Marvellous Spatuletails (Loddigesia mirabilis) - Hummingbirds Marvellous Spatuletails (Loddigesia mirabilis) - Hummingbirds: Comprehensive information on this hummingbird species, including distribution, physical description and ... www.avianweb.com/marvellousspatuletails.... Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabil is) - BirdLife species ... BirdLife Species Champion: Become a BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme Supporter: For information about BirdLife Species Champions and Species Guardians visit ... www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactshe... Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) | the Internet Bird ... Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) - HBW 5, p. 663. French: Loddigésie admirable German: Violettscheitel-Flag gensylphe ... ibc.lynxeds.com/species/marvellous-spatu... | Loddigesia mirabilis - Avibase Photo powered by flickr.com. Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae. English: Marvellous Spatuletail Scientific: Loddigesia mirabilis. Protonym: Trochilus mirabilis avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibasei... Loddigesia mirabilis | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Marvelous Spatuletail (male). Pomacochas. Amazonas, Peru. This photo was taken on July 15, 2009 using a Nikon D300 www.flickr.com/photos/28451642@N03/38163... Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) - World's Rarest ... Marvelous Spatuletail Biological Interpretation Station, Pomacochas, Utcubamba Valley, Amazonas dept., Peru. Is this the World's rarest Hummingbird? It only exists in ... www.djibnet.com/photo/pomacochas/marvelo... Marvellous Spatuletail lek - BIRDINGBLOGS Marvelous Spatuletail Loddigesia mirabilis. The Marvelous Spatuletail is an endemic bird to Peru. One of the most spectacular things to witness in the birding world ... birdingblogs.com/2011/Gunnar/want-to-see... Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) - World's Rarest ... Flickriver - view images as a 'river of photos' and more... ... Marvelous Spatuletail Biological Interpretation Station, Pomacochas, Utcubamba Valley, Amazonas dept ... www.flickriver.com/photos/kookr/37937380... Marvelous Spatuletail from Peru « Lee's Birdwatching Adventures Plus The Marvelous (also Marvellous) Spatuletail (hummingbird), Loddigesia mirabilis, is a medium-sized (up to 5.9 in/15 cm long) white, green and bronze hummingbird adorned ... leesbird.com/2010/12/01/marvelous-spatul... Animal Pictures Archive: Animal Photo Album - Besbicus mirabilis Besbicus mirabilis; Besbicus conspicuus; Besbicus multipunctatus; Cyanolyca mirabilis; Loddigesia mirabilis; Sharovipteryx mirabilis; Sorex mirabilis; Fundulopanchax ... www.animalpicturesarchive.com/list.php?q... Peru Tourism Bureau - BIRDWATCHING Loddigesia mirabilis: Poecilotriccus luluae: Cotinga maynana www.visitperu.com/birds.htm BBC Nature - Marvellous spatuletail videos, news and facts The Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is a medium-sized (up to 15 cm long) white, green and bronze hummingbird adorned with blue crest feathers, a brilliant ... www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Marvellous_Spa... Video Reveals Rare Hummingbird Courtship Display | LiveScience The male Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) sports a four-feathered tail that's twice the length of its body. CREDIT: Greg R. Homel www.livescience.com/1480-video-reveals-r... |
