Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Opisthoprora (1 species)


Mountain Avocetbill
Mountain Avocetbill (Opisthoprora euryptera)
Range: SA: Colombia to n Peru
Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

A small, rare, nondescript hummingbird with a upturned bill, found close to the paramo.


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