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    Trochilidae

    I can't assess what you, or anyone else, saw... but if it was paler than a White-bellied Hummingbird it certainly doesn't sound like a Taphrospilus! They are more heavily speckled below and so would appear darker overall. If there are seasonal movements (certainly plausible), it would speak more...
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    Trochilidae

    Yes, it is at the San Marcos museum in Lima.
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    Trochilidae

    Is there evidence to look at? I am not aware of any besides the one specimen. While I was there I saw a lot of Amazilia chionogaster, but never a Taphrospilus.
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    Trochilidae

    Well, mostly. Basically, there has been no evidence that this species occurs at Ampay regularly and, assuming the initial specimen was actually collected there (and not accidentally mislabeled), we assumed it to represent an elevational vagrant of T. hypostictus. I think the reason it was...
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