Monday, May 14, 2007

Blue-throated hummingbird

Blue-throated hummingbird discovered (Reuters)

An undated handout photo of a gorgeted puffleg, a new species of hummingbird. The new blue-and-green throated hummingbird species has been discovered in a cloud forest in Colombia, and already needs protection from human encroachment, the experts who found the bird said on May 13, 2007. Called the gorgeted puffleg, the new species is easily twice as big as the thumb-sized hummingbirds found in the eastern United States, measuring between 3.5 and 4 inches (95 and 100 mm) in length, its discoverers said. REUTERS/Alex Cortes/Handout.Reuters - A new blue-and-green- throatedhummingbird species has been discovered in a cloud forest inColombia, and already needs protection from human encroachment,the experts who found the bird said on Sunday.


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