Desert Firetails

The Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva) is a tiny, exquisite gem. It's small (1 inch) and so retiring that it is easily overlooked, despite the bright scarlet color of the male. A New World species, with a range extending south of Venezuela. They like dense marshy habitat and when flying low over mats of bright green vegetation, the red males are a striking sight..
F/16, 1/300th, ISO 800, Canon 1D M3, Sigma 150mm with fill.