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Buffy Hummingbird
Leucippus fallax
The buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) is a species of bird in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. This bird lives in dry forests and scrubland in northern South America where it feeds on insects and the nectar, flesh, and juice of cactus fruits.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6158.