GARNET-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD MALE Lamprolaima rhami - Wing Up, Wing Down, Hovering at Fuentes Georginas, Guatemala. 1991 Photo by Peter (Pedro) Wendelken.

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GARNET-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD MALE Lamprolaima rhami. A male Garnet-throated Hummingbird is hovering with tail spread and the left wing up and right wing down while feeding at flowers of the family Ericaceae near Fuentes Georginas, Guatemala a high mountain hot springs above Zunil and a little to the south of Quetzaltenango. This photo was taken with the morning sun behind me on May 22, 1991.

Un macho del colibrí de nombre común Chupaflor Alicastaño Lamprolaima rhami cerniendose cerca de Fuentes Georginas, Guatemala, un sitio de aguas calientes en las montañas al sur de Quetzaltenango, el 22 de mayo de 1991.

The Garnet-throated Hummingbird belongs to the family Trochilidae and is a resident in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

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Taken in: Guatemala / Quetzaltenango / Zunil (show map)

Taken on: May 22, 1991

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