<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Phaethornis_longirostris" title="Phaethornis longirostris">Phaethornis longirostris</a></i>, Drake Bay, Costa Rica. Formerly considered conspecific with <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phaethornis_superciliosus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Phaethornis superciliosus (page does not exist)">Phaethornis superciliosus</a></i>. Nectar feeding on <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Etlingera&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Etlingera (page does not exist)">Etlingera</a></i>.
<p>This bird was very camera shy. If the camera was turned off it would stop for up to a minute to drink from this flower and the one next to it, but as soon as the camera was turned on it would disappear.
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The flower was about 3' from the chair outside our room.
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