Her feistiness pegged her as a likely rufous hummingbird, even before I saw her cinnamon-tinged tail feathers ... just not fair and may be deadly. Our female rufous hummingbird, after only ...

Instead of diving close to the female like most other species, Costa’s hummingbirds hurtle off to her side and then twist their bodies 90 degrees mid-dive to aim their tail feathers in her ...

Broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus) fly up to 100 feet in the air before sweeping down toward a perched female, then climb back up for a subsequent dive in the opposite direction. At ...

The same thing is true for the hummingbird’s whistling tail, so the rate at which his pitch changes also clues the female in to his speed. Based on all of this, a male that’s trying to show ...

The beeps, chirps and whistles made by some hummingbirds ... female or intruder, the birds produce a loud chirp. Ornithologists have debated whether this sound is produced vocally or by the tail ...

it could be that female hummingbirds prefer to mate with the best flyers because of their relatively high fitness and that females use the volume of a suitor's tail feathers as a proxy for his ...

Violet Sabrewings. Fiery-throated Hummingbird. Ruby-throated hummingbird feeding on a zinnia. The White-necked jacobin. The ...

Rather than singing to their mates, Costa's hummingbird males court females with musical, high-speed dives. Their "song" is produced as the wind whistles through their tail feathers. Now ...

Broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus) fly up to 100 feet in the air before sweeping down toward a perched female, then climb back up for a subsequent dive in the opposite direction.