Magenta-throated Woodstar
Philodice bryantae
(L 3.5" Wt 0.12 oz)
Bosque de Paz
11,12Jan2024
In the Mellisugini tribe of “bee”
hummingbirds which includes the
Bee Humming bird (L 2.13") of Cuba.
Philodice in Greek
mythology is the wife of
Leucippus and daughter of
Inachus; bryantae refers to
the wife of ornithologist H.
Bryant.
© Jay
McGowan
Macaulay
Library