穆埃尔特山,哥斯达黎加
绿顶辉蜂鸟与巨型蓟,穆埃尔特山,哥斯达黎加 (© adrian hepworth/Alamy Stock Photo)
哼,你的(Hum-bly yours)
这里有帮助植物茁壮成长的小英雄!这些生物运输花粉以帮助植物繁殖。虽然一些植物是自行授粉或通过风或水授粉的,但它们中的大多数都是在蜜蜂、黄蜂、蝴蝶、飞蛾、鸟类——比如今天图像中的绿冠灿烂蜂鸟——甚至蝙蝠的帮助下受精的。绿冠灿烂的蜂鸟栖息在各种景观中,如潮湿的亚山地和山地森林的内部、边缘和空地、成熟的次生林和花园。在哥斯达黎加,它们通常分布在海拔700米至2200米之间,偶尔也会低至100米。
原文:
Featured here are the small heroes who help plants flourish! These creatures transport pollen to help plants reproduce. While some plants are self-pollinating or pollinated by wind or water, the majority of them are fertilised with the help of bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, birds—like the green-crowned brilliant hummingbird in today's image—and even bats. Green-crowned brilliant hummingbirds inhabit various landscapes such as the interior, edges and clearings of humid sub-montane and montane forests, mature secondary forests and gardens. In Costa Rica, they are typically found at elevations between 700 and 2,200 metres, though occasionally as low as 100 metres.
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