A beautiful hummingbird of the Pacific Dry forest of South America. Also found in the Ro Maraon valley, where this photo was taken. Probably sub-species alticola.
This species breeds in the Gulf of California and along the Pacific coast of western Mexico; in the post-breeding season, it moves northward, but in the USA is restricted almost exclusively to the coast of California. In August we encountered this gull regularly while birding the California...
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