Brazil
Scale-throated Hermit
Phaethornis eurynome
(L 5.5")
Intervales State Park
10Oct2017
Fairly common...in north-eastern
Argentina, south-eastern Brazil,
and eastern Paraguay.
Phaethornis
in Greek mythology
refers to
Phaeton, son of Helos,
the sun
;
eurynome
in in Greek
mythology refers to E
urynome,
mother of the Graces
.
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