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Microstilbon burmeisteri
The smallest hummingbird of Argentina. It seems a big bee because of the size and the behavoir. It took several seconds per flower so I could catch it in good pictures. A black mask covers its face, white abdomen and chest and iridiscent green in back and wings. It belongs to the Order Apodiforms and to the Family Trochilidae.
The habitat is strictly the Yungas Rainy Forest that runs along Tucuman, Salta and Jujuy provinces in Argentina. This picture was taken in Tartagal, a City almost in the Limit with Bolivia.
Spotted on Apr 4, 2017
Submitted on Nov 22, 2017
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