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White-sided Flowerpiercer

Peter Dexter

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Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Peter,

You realize I hope, how precious the white sided piercer is to all of us outside of the top of the South American Continent. We’d not have a chance of seeing such a beauty.

I adore that upturned-beak and then the sharp downward piercing tip! But that’s I presume for getting nectar in otherwise deep tubular flowers??

What do they get for protein? Do they peck at insects on the bark or leaves of trees or catch them in flight?

The humming birds get their nectar to fuel their flight to catch insects!

Thanks so much for sharing!

Asher
 

Peter Dexter

Well-known member
Yes Asher I imagine they get some small insects as they consume nectar. Ornithologists call them theives because they don't polinize the flowers they feed from.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Yes Asher I imagine they get some small insects as they consume nectar. Ornithologists call them theives because they don't polinize the flowers they feed from.
They likely use less energy piecing than hovering to penetrate a long tubular structure!
 
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