Hummingbird Feeders - Mindo, Ecuador

Hummingbirds dart in and out of the feeders in this live view from the cloud forest near Mindo, in Ecuador's Pichincha Province, with violet-tailed sylphs, booted racket-tails and velvet-purple coronets among the visitors.

The Mindo valley lies where the lowlands of the Chocó meet the Andes, so its cloud forests mix birds from both. More than 400 kinds of birds have been recorded in the area, many of them hummingbirds.

Part of the valley is protected by the Mindo-Nambillo forest reserve, which covers about 33 square miles (86 sq km), and much of the rest is looked after by private nature reserves.

Did You Know? For several years running, Mindo's Christmas Bird Count recorded more species than any other count in the world, with more than 400 kinds of birds found in a single day.

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