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Wire-crested Thorntail
Discosura popelairii
(L m-2.75" f-2.8" Wt 0.09 oz)
In humid forests of Columbia,
Ecuador and Peru...one of the
smallest birds on earth.
Baron Popelaire de Terloo
Copalinga Lodge
20Feb2011
flash photos
female
Note the striking wire-like
crests and the especially
long “thorn” tails.
Wildsumaco Lodge
20Feb2011
Discosura in Greek
means separate tail.
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