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All the Animals
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All the Animals

a-dinosaur-a-day:

Lesbiinae

Say a Happy Pride to the best group of dinosaurs (birds) you may not have heard of - subfamily Lesbiinae!

Green Thorntail by Joseph C Boone, CC BY-SA 3.0. This is a small hummingbird sitting on a brown branch with small green leaves growing out of it. The bird itself has a long, thin, pointed beak in black. Its feathers are green and blue and iridescent. it has a long tail and very tiny feets. It has a large eye compared to its head and is all around adorable.ALT

This is a group of hummingbirds and, yes, they were named for Lesbos. And Sappho.

While there are many genera in this wonderful group, there are three species divided among two of them which are worth pointing out:

Lesbia victoriae, the Black-Tailed Trainbearer

An image of a Black-tailed Trainbearer by Michael Woodruff, CC BY-SA 2.0. It is a small green bird sitting on a succulent leaf. It has a very long black tail and two small black wings. It has a long, pointed black beak and a small head. Its eyes are big for its head. It also has very small feet. Its body is iridescently green.ALT

The Green-Tailed Trainbearer, Lesbia nuna

A Green Tailed Trainbearer by Florida Blume, CC BY 2.0. This is another small green bird, though it is a lighter green than its sister species above. It has darker green feathers on its underthroat. It has a short, pointed beak, and smaller dark eyes than its cousin. It has black wings and a very long green tail. It has some red in its feathers on its back. The bird is sitting in a bush among many green leaves.ALT


And lastly, the Red-Tailed Coment, Sappho sparganurus

Photo of the Red-Tailed Comet by Telegro, CC BY-SA 4.0. This is a small bird sitting on a wooden branch near some leaves. It has a green head and a red to yellow colored back, forming a kind of rainbow spectrum from tail to head. It has black underfeathers and black wings. Its tail is black but has some hints of color, especially reds and yellows, along the edges. It has a short, pointed beak and small beady eyes. It also has very tiny feets. Very cute.ALT


I am genuinely confused why these are not more popular on the Queer Site, but here we are: the three Dinosaurian lesbian icons, Lesbia nuna Lesbia victoriae and Sappho sparganurus.

Gd they’re so cute I can’t

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