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Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
(L 8-8.25" Wt 1.5-1.8 oz)
Common in lowlands...below 900
m...from south Mexico to north
Bolivia and southeast Peru.
Copalinga Lodge
19Feb2013
flash photo
Saltator means dancer; maximus
means largest or greatest.
She stretches her bony limbs to the
Night sky,
her long thin legs twirling In pirouettes,
In Sola Saltator.
Her ribs show through her thin dirty
dress,
the Scant tulle isn’t enough to hide the
strain
In her bony hips as she leaps.
  (Mandi Dallas, The Lonely Dancer)
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