Brown Inca
Coeligena wilsoni
(L 4" wt 0.23-0.25 oz)
Bill near twice the
size of its head.
size of its head.
Siete LaAvenida Ristorante
Los Bancos
15Jan2011
Hummingbirds found their way to
South America, probably via Asia and a
land bridge across the Bering Strait to
Alaska. They left no survivors in their
ancestral lands.
South America, probably via Asia and a
land bridge across the Bering Strait to
Alaska. They left no survivors in their
ancestral lands.
(Robert Sanders)
Coeligena is Latin for celestial,
heaven-born.
heaven-born.
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Coopmans
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Macaulay
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