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Magnificent Spatuletail
Maroon Jay

Magnificent Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)

The Magnificent Spatuletail hummingbird has a tail that is three times its body length. The tail is split in two with a spatula (or paddle) on the end of each side. The spatulas are waved around the impress the lady hummingbirds. This HB lives only in one valley in the northern Andes of Peru and the conservation status is "Endangered" with a population of fewer than 1,000 birds.
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Habitat
Mountain valleys.
Location
northern Andes mountains Peru.
Date taken
30 November 2022
Scientific name
Loddigesia mirabilis
Equipment used
Nikon 5100 with Tamron 150-600 lens
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/500 at f6 ISO 3200
Stanley Jones
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The ultimate hummingbird. Brilliant capture and picture showing that spatuletail beautifully. Congratulations Maroon Jay!
 

Media information

Category
Central & South America & Mexico
Added by
Maroon Jay
Date added
View count
170
Comment count
3

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100
Aperture
ƒ/6
Focal length
420.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
3200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
MS5.JPG
File size
1.7 MB
Date taken
Wed, 30 November 2022 4:31 PM
Dimensions
3779px x 2947px

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