Male White-necked Jacobin

Sightings
The male White-necked Jacobin is one of the most common sightings at the Asa Wright Centre and several birds are present at the feeders at any time during the day. This beautiful adult male bird was perched in the late afternoon sunshine very close to the verandah of the main lodge facilitating a close photo.

Species
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora is a widespread inhabitant of forest, usually being seen at a high perch or just above the canopy. It is less common at lower levels, except near hummingbird feeders.

Status and distribution
A species of least concern in its range of nearly 12 million square kilometres. White-necked Jacobin is a large and attractive hummingbird that ranges from Mexico, south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil. The sub-species on Trinidad F. m. mellivora is also found from south Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil whereas the sub-species F. m. flabellifera is endemic to Tobago.

References
Asa Wright Centre; BirdLife; Wikipedia; World Bird Names; Kenefick, M., Restall, R., and Hayes, F. (2015) Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 164

Photograph
1/1000th of a second, f5.6 and ISO 250