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Birders

Donkees

(31,413 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2023, 04:21 PM Jan 2023

White-tipped Sicklebill - Costa Rica

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White-tipped Sicklebill - Costa Rica (Original Post) Donkees Jan 2023 OP

So pretty! Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #1

Thank you for posting the flower :) Donkees Jan 2023 #2

Sky Jewels

(7,107 posts)

1. So pretty!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 04:39 PM

Jan 2023

I was in Costa Rica once and our guide was talking about how the hummingbirds there have beaks that have evolved to precisely fit the interior shapes of specific flowers.

These birds feed on/in Centropogons and Heliconias.

Donkees

(31,413 posts)

2. Thank you for posting the flower :)

Reply to Sky Jewels (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 04:42 PM

Jan 2023

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