Brown Violetear
Colibri delphinae
(L 3.5" Wt 0.24 oz)
Lacking the bright greens of other
hummers make them distinctive...from
Cent. Amer. to northwest So. Amer.
Buonaventura Reserve
Umbrella Bird Lodge
12Feb2013
flash photos
Hummingbirds have the largest hearts,
relative to body mass, of any bird.
(Noah Stryker)
Wildsumaco Lodge
15Mar2017
Colibri in Spanish means
hummingbird; delphinae
is from Greek mythology.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
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