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Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) Male
Range: MA, SA: e Panama through e, c SA to ne Argentina
Cauca Valley, Colombia
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Photograph by Tom Friedel
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Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) Female
Range: MA, SA: e Panama through e, c SA to ne Argentina
Valle de Cauca, Colombia
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Photograph by Tom Friedel
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A dry area hummingbird that is not reliable anywhere. Note short thin curved bill. Female may have a vertical chest stripe.
Light and angle showing maximum iridescence.
Female at nest.
HBW writes that only females in Trinidad have a stripe from bill to chest, but this bird was seen in Colombia.
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