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Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

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Field Notes

Description:

Mostly dull dark brown with a long glittering violet-blue ear-tuft and contrasting whitish malar streak.

Habitat:

Though basically a forest hummingbird, favoring canopy and borders, more numerous on the Andes west slope. Mostly 1.000-2.000 m.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 20, 2013

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