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Animal News: Male Hummingbirds Sing for Sex
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© 2014 National Geographic; video courtesy Marcelo Araya Salas
Male Hummingbirds Sing for Sex
Feb. 14, 2014---Long-billed hermit hummingbird males in Costa Rica sing the same song over, and over, and over again, hoping to entice a female to mate. Biologist and National Geographic grantee Timothy Wright describes how the male appears suspended in midair while they mate, and how the songs are learned, something previously unknown to researchers.
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