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Wine-throated Hummingbird
Selasphorus ellioti ellioti
Mirador Rey Tepepul, Sololá, Guatemala - November 9 2023
I don’t know if it is a rule, but I sometimes get the impression that the smaller a Hummingbird is, the more spectacular it appears. This regional endemic has a flashy, extravagant magenta gorget, and is among the smallest hummingbirds in the world. In short, it is an immaculate elegant bundle of beauty! It can be very tricky to find this species, but in November they are readily detected by its melodic song.