Sunday, March 1, 2009

Hummingbird the size of bumblebee found in Ecuador

The results of an American Bird Conservancy-funded study of the distribution and nesting of the globally endangered Esmeraldas Woodstar have just been released by Fundación Jocotoco, with some encouraging news. This tiny hummingbird, barely bigger than a bumblebee, is endemic to the dry forests of the coastal mountains of central and northern Ecuador, where it has a tiny range and the lack of suitable habitat makes its distribution extremely fragmented.

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