Short-billed Chlorospingus*
Chlorospingus parvirostris
(L 5.75")
In cloud forest of Bolivia,
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Old Zamora Road
18Feb2013
*aka Yellow-whiskered
Bush Tanager
Chlorospingus means green sparrow;
parvirostris means small bill.
If we pay attention the birds in our
lives become mediators between
the obvious and the hidden.
(Lyanda Lynn Haupt)
© Daniel
Lane
Macaulay
Library