Santa Marta Sabrewing: Rare Hummingbird Species

New Research Reveals Habitat, Range, and Behavior of Recently Rediscovered Hummingbird Species After its unexpected rediscovery in 2022, researchers with American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, SELVA, ProCAT Colombia, and World Parrot Trust have released new findings about one of the rarest and most poorly known bird species in the world, the Santa Marta Sabrewing. Recently posted as a preprint in bioRxiv, the study offers a glimpse into previously undocumented feeding, singing, and courtship behaviors of this Critically Endangered hummingbird species. Read more: Video credits: @HummingbirdSpot by Carole Turek and Diego Calderón-Franco @diegoCOLbirding & @TheBirdersShow