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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Graeme Green

Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia

The rare Santa Marta sabrewing in rainforest
The rediscovered Santa Marta sabrewing. It is only the third time the species has been documented: the first was in 1946 and the second in 2010. Photograph: Yurgen Vega/Selva/ProCAT

A rare hummingbird has been rediscovered by a birdwatcher in Colombia after going missing for more than a decade.

The Santa Marta sabrewing, a large hummingbird only found in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, was last seen in 2010 and scientists feared the species might be extinct as the tropical forests it inhabited have largely been cleared for agriculture.

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