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Sword-billed Hummingbird

Ensifera ensifera

(L 5-5.25" Wt 1.59 oz)

Only bird with a bill longer than its
body...grooms with its feet ..one
of the largest hummingbirds.

Yanacocha Reserve

13Jan2011

Ensifera in Latin means
sword bearing.

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