{"id":26420,"date":"2020-12-06T11:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/sabias-que\/pico-esta-ave-largo-que-parece-aguja-hipodermica"},"modified":"2020-12-06T11:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T11:04:25","slug":"el-pico-de-esta-ave-es-tan-largo-que-parece-una-aguja-hipodermica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/el-pico-de-esta-ave-es-tan-largo-que-parece-una-aguja-hipodermica\/","title":{"rendered":"This bird&#039;s beak is so long that it looks like a hypodermic needle."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/00a922\/800px-sword-billed_hummingbird\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"El pico de esta ave es tan largo que parece una aguja hipod\u00e9rmica\">\n    <\/p>\n<p>A hypodermic needle is a medical instrument made up of a hollow needle normally used with a syringe to inject substances into the body. And that&#039;s exactly what this bird&#039;s beak looks like.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>It is the longest beak in relation to the total length of the body and belongs to the <strong>sword-billed hummingbird<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Swordpecker Hummingbird<\/h2>\n<p>He <strong>sword-billed hummingbird<\/strong> (Ensifera ensifera) is a species of hummingbird that lives in the Andes (from Venezuela to Bolivia), presenting a beak and a long tongue as an adaptation to its diet based on the nectar of certain types of flowers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"k\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/454bd0\/800px-ensifera_ensifera\/450_1000.jpg\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>It has a beak of 10.2 centimeters<\/strong>, that is, it is longer than its body (if the tail is excluded).<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>More than <strong>25 centimeters from the end of its tail to the tip of its prodigious beak<\/strong>, we are also facing the longest hummingbird.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Colibripicoespada1\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/666719\/colibripicoespada1\/450_1000.jpg\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is tan-green on the head, more metallic on the rest of the body, with a somewhat long and forked tail. The female similarly unmistakable, with whiter ventral parts, with green spots towards the sides. <strong>It weighs 12 g<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p>When it perches to maintain its balance, its beak is raised, pointing towards the sky.<\/p>\n<p><script>\n (function() {\n  window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {};\n  var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n  if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {\n   var instagramScript = document.createElement('script');\n   instagramScript.src = 'https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js';\n   instagramScript.async = true;\n   instagramScript.defer = true;\n   headElement.appendChild(instagramScript);\n  }\n })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/sabias-que\/pico-esta-ave-largo-que-parece-aguja-hipodermica?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=06_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> This bird&#039;s beak is so long that it looks like a hypodermic needle. <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=06_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a\n       href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=06_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/n5Av5LfHzpc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/00a922\/800px-sword-billed_hummingbird\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"El pico de esta ave es tan largo que parece una aguja hipod\u00e9rmica\"><\/p>\n<p>A hypodermic needle is a medical instrument made up of a hollow needle normally used with a syringe to inject substances into the body. And that&#039;s exactly what this bird&#039;s beak looks like.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>It is the longest beak in relation to the total length of the body and belongs to the <strong>sword-billed hummingbird<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Swordpecker Hummingbird<\/h2>\n<p>He <strong>sword-billed hummingbird<\/strong> (Ensifera ensifera) is a species of hummingbird that lives in the Andes (from Venezuela to Bolivia), presenting a beak and a long tongue as an adaptation to its diet based on the nectar of certain types of flowers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"k\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/454bd0\/800px-ensifera_ensifera\/450_1000.jpg\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>It has a beak of 10.2 centimeters<\/strong>, that is, it is longer than its body (if the tail is excluded).<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>More than <strong>25 centimeters from the end of its tail to the tip of its prodigious beak<\/strong>, we are also facing the longest hummingbird.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Colibripicoespada1\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/666719\/colibripicoespada1\/450_1000.jpg\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is tan-green on the head, more metallic on the rest of the body, with a somewhat long and forked tail. The female similarly unmistakable, with whiter ventral parts, with green spots towards the sides. <strong>It weighs 12 g<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p>When it perches to maintain its balance, its beak is raised, pointing towards the sky.<\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/sabias-que\/pico-esta-ave-largo-que-parece-aguja-hipodermica?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=06_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> This bird&#039;s beak is so long that it looks like a hypodermic needle. <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=06_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=06_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/n5Av5LfHzpc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portal-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26420"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26718,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26420\/revisions\/26718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}