Blue-chested Hummingbird
In Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
Nicaragua, and Panama.
Nicaragua, and Panama.
Amazilia amabilis
(L 4")
Canopy Camp
Darien
05,06Oct2016
flash photo
I can imagine, in some otherworld
Primeval-dumb, far back
In that most awful stillness,
that only gasped and hummed,
Humming-birds raced down the avenues.
(D.H.Lawrence)
Amazilia is after Amazili, an Inca
heroine in the novel “Les Incas...” 1777;
amabilis is Latin for lovable, lovely.
heroine in the novel “Les Incas...” 1777;
amabilis is Latin for lovable, lovely.
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