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Green-crested Brilliant
Heliodoxa jacula
10.1919, -84.136
Field Notes
Description:
The female is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 8 g (0.28 oz). She differs from the male in that she has green-spotted white underparts, a white spot behind the eye and a white stripe below the eye, and a white-cornered shallowly-forked black tail.
Habitat:
Seen here at the Lapiz Waterfall Gardens.This hummingbird inhabits wet mountain forests including edges, gaps and tall second growth. It occurs typically between 700 and 2,000 m (2,300 and 6,600 ft) in altitude, mainly on the Caribbean slopes.
Reference Links:
Green-crowned brilliant - Wikipedia
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PublishedMay 12, 2020
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