Blue-black Grassquit

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The male Blue-black Grassquit is famous for its courtship display: short vertical flights (about 1 meter up), giving its local name "Johnny jump-up".
It is very funny to see this bird doing these stunning straight up jumps from a branch.

Pozo Azul, Minca area, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 31 October 2014

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