Rainbow Bearded Thornbill

 I introduced you to something ugly last time, so here's something awesome and pretty. 

Meet the Rainbow Bearded Thornbill-- this picture is from the ABC birds site below. 

Isn't that face just precious? And I hope it made you smile at least. Before you think that it's this bird's only color thought...more from the same link. 

Colorful little ones, aren't they? They live at higher altitudes in South America, particularly Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. Unlike most hummingbirds, this type also eats insects if there aren't enough flowers. They're also on the short list of hummingbirds that basically hibernates at night since it gets so cold.

This bird is far from the smallest of the hummingbirds, since it's about 5-6 inches tall and weighs about 6 grams. 

The picture above is from Animalia, and below is from Birds of the World. If you look, there are a lot more fun pictures of these colorful guys and gals. They're worth looking at and sharing around. 

Usually I pick these animals because there is something interesting about them, like the long nose of the Goblin Shark last time or weirdness of the Takin, but this time, it's just because this guy is colorful and pretty. Even if there isn't a lot unique about these guys to tell you about, they're still worth bringing up, so I hope you don't mind it. There are links below if you want to see more about them, or you can do a google image search for them and just see all the awesome pictures. Either way, I hope you had fun and I'll see you again soon. 

Sources:

ABC Birds--Rainbow Bearded Thornbill

Ebird-- Rainbow Bearded Thornbill-- Pics mostly

Data Zone-- Rainbow Bearded Thornbill

Oiseaux-Birds-- Rainbow Bearded Thornbill

iNaturalist-- Rainbow Bearded Thornbill

Animalia-- Rainbow Bearded Thornbill

Birds of the World-- Rainbow Bearded Thornbill