Sword-billed Hummingbird
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Sword-billed Hummingbird Conservation status: Least concern |
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Sword-billed Hummingbird
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| Ensifera ensifera (Boissonneau, 1840) |
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) is a species of hummingbird from South America and the sole member of the genus Ensifera.
It is noted as the only species of bird to have a bill longer then the rest of its body. This adaptation is to feed on flowers with long corollas such as Passiflora mixta. The tongue is therefore also unusually long.