This amazing hummingbird chick looks like a caterpillar

Watch this video on white-necked jacobins, a hummingbird species whose chicks look like caterpillars.

A hummingbird chick that looks like a caterpillar

A team of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder were studying white-necked jacobin hummingbirds in Panama when they made an interesting discovery. They said on March 17, 2025, that the newborn chicks of this hummingbird species appear to be born with long, thin, yellowish feathers on their backs. This plumage resembles the hair that surrounds caterpillars.