Booted Racket-tail Photo by Ann Doty

Booted Racket-tail

Ocreatus underwoodii

Adult male

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Pichincha
Date: Jun 19, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge
Pichincha, Ecuador
with VENT tour guide Michael O'Brien

The male is one of the most distinctive hummingbirds with his long tail rackets and prominent white or orange leg puffs. Females can be identified by their white underparts with variable amounts of spotting, short straight bill, leg puffs, and tiny size.