Ecuador
Giant Conebill
Conirostrum binghami
(L 6" Wt 0.88 oz)
High elevation specialist...restricted
to the Andes upward of 4500 m.
El Cajas Nat’l Park
23Feb2013
flash photos
Louis Fraser
Conirostrum in Latin means
cone bill.
*formerly Oreomanes fraseri
Oreomanes means mountain
spirit.
Hiram Bingham
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Coopmans
Macaulay
Library