Glittering-throated Emerald
          
         
            
               Folha Seca Rd near
               Ubatuba
            
               Jona’s Folia house
            
               16Oct2017
          
         
            
               In the Amazon Basin, Venezuela,
               the Guianas and Brazil.
          
         
            
               Chionomesa fimbriata
            
               (L 3.75-4.25")
          
         
            
               Chionomesa is Greek for
               snow middle; fimbriata in
               Latin means
fringe.
          
         
            
               A hummingbird can hover like
               a helicopter for one and a
               half hours, nonstop.
               (Bret Tobalske)
          
         
            
               © Paul A.
               Schwartz
            
               Macaulay
               Library