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yellow. The species is about 11.5 to 13.5 cm (4.5 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 8.6 to 14.5 g (0.30 to 0.51 oz). The sexes are alike in plumage. Adults' upperparts are green, their throat and chest blackish, and the rest of the underparts striped green and white. The tail is
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1022:Scale-throated hermit (
950:Black-throated hermit (
896:Dusky-throated hermit (
328:White-tipped sicklebill
249:white-tipped sicklebill
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16:Species of hummingbird
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558:"Appendices | CITES"
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1024:P. eurynome
898:P. squlidus
887:Phaethornis
694:Subfamily:
690:Trochilidae
684:Apodiformes
542:13 November
405:Centropogon
333:Description
263:Trochilidae
259:hummingbird
179:Trochilidae
169:Apodiformes
85:Appendix II
1407:Categories
1385:Xeno-canto
1123:P. malaris
1051:P. yaruqui
1015:P. pretrei
1006:P. augusti
988:P. stuarti
934:P. idaliae
852:T. ruckeri
810:G. hirsuta
801:G. dohrnii
744:R. naevius
567:2022-01-14
502:References
432:polygynous
271:Costa Rica
1418:Eutoxeres
832:Threnetes
768:E. aquila
757:Eutoxeres
734:Ramphodon
664:Kingdom:
562:cites.org
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416:trap-line
411:Heliconia
301:with the
299:Eutoxeres
287:Venezuela
197:Species:
190:Eutoxeres
159:Strisores
122:Kingdom:
116:Eukaryota
1372:Species+
1325:22687013
1299:10460598
1211:22687013
1206:BirdLife
1163:Wikidata
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864:Anopetia
843:T. niger
819:G. aenea
688:Family:
672:Chordata
670:Phylum:
666:Animalia
593:July 14,
521:(2016).
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397:adaption
386:Behavior
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126:Animalia
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790:Glaucis
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391:Feeding
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275:Ecuador
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285:, and
279:Panama
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710:Genus
479:tseep
153:Clade
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1320:IUCN
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1286:6044
1268:GBIF
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678:Aves
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537:2016
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493:The
483:tsit
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408:and
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