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Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper vesper) Female
Range: SA: nw Peru to n Chile
Moquegua, Peru
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Photograph by Tom Friedel
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Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper vesper) Female
Range: SA: nw Peru to n Chile
Mejía, Peru
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Photograph by Tom Friedel
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Found in the Peruvian desert where there is vegetation. Larger than the Purple-collared Woodstar and Peruvian Sheartail, and with a distinctive long sturdy slightly decurved bill. Male is white in front with a violet gorget bordered with light blue (opposite coloration of the Purple-collared Woodstar).
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