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White-eared hummingbird

Hylocharus leucotis

Photo by Lee C.
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Field Notes

Description:

Adult male visiting feeder

Habitat:

~8000 ft. elevation mixed forest in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Hotel Barrancos Cobre terrace, near the Divisadero station of the railroad.

Notes:

Our tour included an avid birdwatcher from Texas, who called this bird to our attention.

Information about bird from Sibley, David Allen. The Sibley field guide to birds of western North America. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 2003.

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