Newly hatched hummingbird looks, acts like a toxic caterpillar
The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...
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Caterpillar-Like Hummingbird Chick Could Be Rare Example Of Batesian Mimicry In Birds
The chick has long downy feathers that resemble irritant hairs in some caterpillar species native to the area.
Baby hummingbird appears to mimic caterpillar to avoid death
A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy.
Scientists Stunned by Bird That Pretends To Be a Toxic Caterpillar
A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...
There’s a better way to play with your cat
When kittens are born, they are easily excited and played with, but as cats get older, play can look a little different. This ...
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Jay publishes in Ecology on potential caterpillar mimicry by hummingbird chicks!
for publishing a recent paper in Ecology - The Scientific Naturalist that describes possible caterpillar mimicry by white-necked jacobin chicks! Jay and Scott made these observations when Scott was ...
The Newly Discovered Defense Mechanism of the Jacobin Hummingbird
A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.
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Caterpillar-like baby hummingbird discovered in Panama
A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be ...
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How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
More information: Jay J. Falk et al, Potential caterpillar mimicry in a tropical hummingbird, Ecology (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.70060 ...