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I Have a Tongue for That
Stanley Jones

I Have a Tongue for That (Heliodoxa jacula)

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. jamersoni) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed on Brilliant-flowered Sanchezia (Sanchezia nobilis: Solanaceae). Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Western slope of the Andes; tropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Western slope of the Andes; tropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.
Location
Buenaventura Reserve, just west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador.
Date taken
November 2014
Scientific name
Heliodoxa jacula
Equipment used
Canon

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Central & South America & Mexico
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