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A marvellous hummingbird display

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The amazing mating display of the marvellous spatuletail hummingbird has been filmed in full for the first time.

The spatuletail hummingbird is among the most rare and striking of all birds.

By using a high speed camera, a BBC natural history film crew was also the first to capture the mating sequence in super slow motion.

The "display of the marvellous spatuletail humming bird" is broadcast within the Birds episode of the BBC series Life at 2100BST on BBC One on Monday 9 November.

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