Ecuador
Golden-crowned Tanager
Iridosornis rufivertex
(L 6.5")
Beautiful, chubby bird...from
Venezuela to north Peru.
Acanama Reserve
21Feb2013
Iridosornis means rainbow bird;
rufivertex means brownish-red(?)
crown.
If not the medical field I would have
been a field biologist specializing in
ornithology and living in a South
American jungle – I wouldn’t care where
as long as it would have been exotic
place.
(Edwin Larson, Rollinglogblog)
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