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Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus

Notes:

It is the largest hummingbird found outside of South America and the largest sabrewing. The adult male is deep violet, with a dark green back and wing coverts. The shafts of the male’s outer primary flight feathers are thickened and flattened to give the distinctive feature which gives the sabrewings their English and scientific names. The three outer pairs of feathers of the otherwise black tail are white; this gives rise to the scientific species name, hemileucurus translating as "half-white tail", but several other sabrewings share the tail pattern.

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2 Comments

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thank you, Braulio! I will.

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 11 years ago

Nice!
U should put it on the mission: Global Flight!

Toucan
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Toucan

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on Jan 15, 2013

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