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Speckled Hummingbird (Female)
Adelomyia melanogenys
4.59805, -74.0761
Field Notes
Description:
The Speckled Hummingbird shows a light rufous color as a female, however, the male counterpart consists of various green speckles. it measured around 5cm, which is pretty small for a bird, awesome! When I spotted it in the garden it caught my attention inmediatly, I have never seen a hummingbird that small, it has been sightened several times and people in Colombia refer it as the ¨Mosquito Hummingbird¨
Habitat:
Gardens
Notes:
Seriously, it was really small! I thought it was a bumblebee at first sight.
Spotted at the Jose Celestino Mutis Botanic Garden.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 28, 2013
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