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.
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.