One little bird is standing out from the over-300 species of hummingbird that exist on planet Earth for a dazzling feature: its iridescent bright blue and green plumage that looks like a cloak made of sequins. This tiny jewel seems like it’s flown straight out of the pages of a fairytale. The male crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) wears bright green on its head, throat, and breast. The rest of its body is colored in a shimmering deep blue, with a dark blue forked tail. The female’s plumage is equally beautiful yet more subdued, with a gray-hued throat and breast, green flecks on the belly, and a smokey blue tail with white tips. Adults measure roughly 10 centimeters (4 inches) in length and weigh just 4.5 grams (0.15 ounces). Native to Belize, Guatemala, through Central America, and down into Columbia and Peru, the crowned woodnymph prefers the humidity of wet lowland forests, …