Rufous Hummingbirds - Thomas Barclay

Name:
Thomas Barclay

Country:
United Kingdom

Web:
www.artstation.com/tommybarc

Social networks:
www.instagram.com/tommybarc

Title:
Rufous Hummingbirds

Specie:
Selasphorus rufus

Description:
Depicted are the colourful Male (Top) and Female (Bottom) Rufous Hummingbird. The males have bright orange feathers on the belly and back, a rufous coloured face and an iridescent red throat. The females have green, white and sometimes orange feathers on their throat. The males feathers are sticking up around his throat as he preens himself; they help reflect light indicating to other males his territory. He also has pink markings on his chest due to a researchers pen.
(Original photos were taken by Freya Coursey)

Category:
Nature illustration

Technique:
Pencil and Digital Painting

Year:
2018

As the author of illustration I have given permission for it to be loaded on Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0.