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Birds · Apodiformes · Trochilidae
Loddigesia mirabilis
At very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
The marvellous spatuletail is one of the most extraordinary and most range-restricted birds in the world: it lives only along a few kilometres of the Utcubamba valley, in northern Peru. The male has just four tail feathers, two of them extremely long and tipped with violet-blue rackets that he can move independently. In courtship he swings them in front of the female at dizzying speed while holding himself in the air.
Weight
3 g – 4 g
Size
10 cm – 15 cm
Life expectancy
6 years
Diet
Nectarivore
Feeds mainly on flower nectar.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sighting difficulty
Hard
Estimated population
Between 250 and 1,000 mature individuals
Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loddigesia_mirabilis
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The marvelous spatuletail is classified as endangered. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
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