Only bird with a bill longer than its body. This is a male, but a female's beak would be 15% longer!

This individual frequented a feeder array outside Manizales (Colombia), and I collected this frame
shooting down a very steep mountainside. The smooth BG results from forest well below my elevated
position.

This frame would have been garbage without fill flash to reveal details on the dark subject.

I did clone some distracting bromeliad leaves out of the far right side of the frame.

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II on EOS 1DX2
1/200 at f/7.1, ISO 1600, flash

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