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Spectacular hummingbird video

For the first time ever, the unusual courtship ritual of the Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird has been caught on video.

Watch as the male hummingbird uses his long, spoon-shaped tail feathers to attract females. To complete for their attention, he’ll spin the feathers around at high speed and even attack other males.

The Marvelous Spatuletail is a rare and endangered hummingbird that lives in a tiny part of northern Peru. This video was captured by filmmaker Greg Homel and provided to Boyslife.org by the American Bird Conservancy. Click here to learn more.

Read 9 comments about “Spectacular hummingbird video”

1. 1 - jakie chan says:
   April 22nd, 2007 at 3:33 pm

   it was awsome

2. 2 - fishmaster says:
   April 25th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

   amazing. never seen anything like it except for a peacock. way coolllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!

3. 3 - MR Dude says:
   April 27th, 2007 at 8:27 pm

   thats a big tail or what ever it is

4. 4 - Yo-Shi says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 6:47 pm

   Boy that must have been hard to get! Great contribution.

5. 5 - Nate ☺ says:
   May 10th, 2007 at 10:03 am

   Cool, it was awsome!! ☺☺

6. 6 - Drakel says:
   May 13th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

   I never knew about that type of hummingbird!

7. 7 - the problem says:
   May 30th, 2007 at 9:32 am

   the bird mooned me

8. 8 - Zinfindel says:
   August 5th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

   Theat vidio is soooooooooooo awsome Hummingbirds are an amazing species of wildlife!!! XD

9. 9 - yo friend joe says:
   February 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 pm

   It was preety cool but it wasn’t very exciting nothing happend )=

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