Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird

 

David Singapogu

9-24-2020

Week 7

 

Th Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird is truly a fascinating bird. Pay utmost attention because the Marvellous Spatuletail hummingbird has some amazing features! The most iconic of the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird’s features is the spatuletail. However, only the males have this beautiful extra. The marvelous spatuletail hummingbird only live in northern Peru. Thankfully, the American and Peruvian governments have teamed up and reserved many acres of land just for the conservation of this beautiful bird along with some other animals (mainly various species of hummingbirds) They have turned those acres into a resort where tourists can go just to see the birds in the area! Also, the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird has a beautiful metallic blue-green plumage (which is basically the feathers on its upper body) as you can see, the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird is one of the most beautiful birds created by God!

One of the most iconic things about this bird is its mating dance. The male finds a female and the finds a branch of a tree near it her and starts jumping over it from side to side twice per second. After mating, the female will lay eggs. Astonishingly, each egg is slightly smaller than an M&M! They will hatch in 15 to 18 days. The average lifespan of the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird is about 3 to 5 years. When the chicks are first born, they do not yet have the ability to swallow food, so the mother with push the food down their throats, all the way into their stomachs using her long beak. Sadly, since this is a hard to research animal, not much is known about it so more fascinating facts will hopefully come in the near future. The marvelous spatuletail hummingbird is an amazing animal.

 

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