A chubby short-billed hummingbird sits in the shrubbery. Bird is notable for his brilliant orange mohawk paired with an iridescent long skinny beards that shows a rainbow of colors from aqua blue just below the bill to shades of red to a long final tip of brilliant fuchsia. This is the male Rainbow Bearded Thornbill. Termales del Ruiz, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

A chubby short-billed hummingbird sits in the shrubbery. Bird is notable for his brilliant orange mohawk paired with an iridescent long skinny beards that shows a rainbow of colors from aqua blue just below the bill to shades of red to a long final tip of brilliant fuchsia. This is the male Rainbow Bearded Thornbill. Termales del Ruiz, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.