Hummingbirds

Wire-crested Thorntail

Discosura popelairii

The Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii) is a 2.5 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

2.5 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia.

Where to see it: WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Jared Shorma, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist