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Bearded mountaineer        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Peru has a lot of hummingbird species, and this one is among the most unusual and spectacular.   It is fairly large, with a long black-and-white tail and striking white undersides -- very different from most hummingbirds.   They live in dry highland habits; this one was photographed near Cuzco, Peru, as it preened and stretched.   Unfortunately it perched in a thick bush and not in the open.

  • Canon 1D4, 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2014)