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Los Tarrales
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Mindo - Bellavista
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Mindo - Bellavista
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Santo Domingo - Botanical Gardens
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The Broadtail Hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus) arrive at this altitude (3500ft, 1065M) in mid August. Until now they've stayed up in the mountains which surround our Verde Valley [Arizona], preferring the cool pines to the mesquite scrub in the hottest parts of the Summer. In this sample you hear a male's characteristic (and identifying) wing trill, which sounds like a coach's whistle. He's also vocalizing, which you'll hear as "cheeps" amid the wing noise. His wingbeat averages 45 bps while feeding, 51 bps while being chased from the feeder.C94
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Parque Nacional del Manu
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Parque Nacional del Manu
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Zamora
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Volcan Baru
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Listen carefully for the wing trill of this male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). It's an identifying feature, as is his constant chatter while he feeds. Wingbeat analysis indicates a wingbeat of 62-65 bps in this sample.
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Mindo - Bellavista
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Yanacocha
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Zamora
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Volcan Baru
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A young male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) has established a territory at my feeders. He announces that he's "taken over" by continually chattering this one-note warning. When another hummer of any species enters his airspace, he "bounces" them by rushing at them and emitting the high-pitched warning beeps you hear near the end of this sample! Attentive listeners will hear a Flicker in the distance on the first sample.
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Buenaventura
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Mindo - Bellavista
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Parque National Palo Verde
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Puerto Quito
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If intruders ignore his one-note warning, a male gets more aggressive and challenges them with a severe tongue lashing ! This routine is so effective that after a few days, virtually no other hummers come into his area and all he needs to do to maintain it is sing his one-note samba. Rufous hummers are both aggressive and intolerant of other species at the feeder. His wingbeat here measures a fairly fast 60 bps.
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Buenaventura
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Buenaventura
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El Valle de Anton
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Punta Patiño
