Hummingbird
| Title | Info |
|---|---|
| Common name | Hummingbird, Green-crowned brilliant |
| Scientific name | Heliodoxa jacula |
| Taxonomic group | Trochilidae |
| Source | Dan L. Perlman |
| Ecological interactions | Mutualism |
| Mutualism | Pollination |
| Selection and adaptations | Selection |
| Selection | Convergence; Morphology |
| Organisms | Animals |
| Animals | Birds |
| Date | 1989 |
| Location | Monteverde,Puntarenas,Costa Rica,North America |
Hummingbird on branch, Costa Rica. Hummingbirds, such as this female green-crowned brilliant, are highly adapted to their lives of sucking nectar from tubular flowers. In return for the nectar they receive, they carry pollen from one flower to the next. Unlike the unrelated but ecologically similar sunbirds of the Old World, hummingbirds can hover (and are found only in the New World).
