The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

Uncover the mysteries of hummingbirds. How does the white-necked jacobin trick predators through mimicry? Find out now.

Scientists have discovered mimicry and camouflage as evolutionary features found in the species of white-necked Jacobin hummingbird. These evolutionary features cite the need of these birds to save ...

The animal world is always full of surprises. Even a long-studied species can hold a few secrets hidden between their fur or ...

A baby hummingbird hatches ... Chelina Batista, iNaturalist One example of this type of mimicry is the Cinereous Mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra), a bird native to South America known for their ...

Finally, the egg had hatched and a tiny baby hummingbird came to this world ... One example of this type of mimicry is the Cinereous Mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra), a bird native to South America ...

That changed when Michael Castaño-Díaz and Sebastián Gallan Giraldo, a Ph.D student and research assistant, spotted a White-necked Jacobin nest with a caring female and one egg in a national park in ...

One example of this type of mimicry is the Cinereous Mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra), a bird native to South America known for their caterpillar-like baby chicks. With this in mind, they searched online ...

In a cute first, a curious observation led to a sweet and thrilling discovery of a caterpillar-like hummingbird with ... Described as a natural “mimicry,” the White-necked Jacobin, along ...