Pezopetes capitalis
(L 7.9" Wt 2.0 oz)
Batsu Hummingbird Garden
24Jan2022
Pezopetes is Greek for
walking bird; capitalis is
Latin for of the head.
Endemic to Costa Rica and western
Panama...entirely olive with con-
trasting gray head and black face.
© Andrew
Spencer
Macaulay
Library
The Red-billed Quelea, an African
finch is the most abundant wild bird
and may number 1.5 billion.
(Scott Weidensaul)