Costa's Hummingbird (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Costa's Hummingbird

Caption

Male Costa's hummingbirds, like the one shown here, court females using a high-speed dive in which they sing with their tail feathers.

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Christopher Clark, UC Riverside

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