Folha Seca Rd near
Ubatuba
Jona’s Folia house
16Oct2017
Large and heavy for a hummer
...endemic in southeast Brazil.
Ramphodon naevius
(L 5.5-6.3")
IUCN WATCH LIST
STATUS IS NEAR
THREATENED
Threatened because
of a restricted range
in threatened Atlantic
forests.
Ramphodon in Greek means
beak tooth; naevius in Latin
means spotted.
The most spectacular flyer of
all is the hummingbird.
(Jim Robbins)
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Whitney
Macaulay
Library