A conversation with James Currie, owner and host of the Nikon-sponsored Birding Adventures TV, who last week had the fantastic opportunity to film a newly-discovered hummingbird in north-eastern Colombia at the remarkable Chavarro family’s Rogitama Private Nature Reserve. Is it the long-lost Bogota Sunangel, a species known only from a single specimen sold in Bogota in 1909 and never seen alive, a new species of Sylph, or perhaps a hybrid with the widespread Long-tailed Sylph and another species? DNA has just been taken by Colombian researchers, and the results may be announced early next year. In the meantime the habitat the bird favours is being protected by a family with a passion for conservation and Colombian wildlife…
TN77 BATV's James Currie on filming a possible Bogota Sunangel [ 32:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
The following images of the ‘Rogitama Sunangel’ are copyright James Currie and are used with his permission:
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Excellent podcast Charlie… finding a first for Britain must be one thing. Finding a potential species new to science is just a distant dream!
Thanks John. And filming it too! And even better the remarkable Roberto Chavarro and his family have restored and are protecting the habitat this bird is found in…it’s an amazing story