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Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Phaeochroa cuvierii
(L 4.5-5.1" Wt 0.28-0.35 oz)
Arenal Observatory Lodge
10Jan2024
Breast is vaguely mottled
and not obviously scaly
...six subspecies
Phaeochroa is Greek for dusky
brown; spectabilis is Latin for
remarkable, showy.
Georges Cuvier
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