Speckled Hummingbirds are typical hummers from the northern third of South America. They are fairly common in their range.

Classification

Order:  Apodiformes
Family:  Trochilidae
Genus:  Adelomyia
Species:  A. melanogenys

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Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)

Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)

Speckled Hummingbird, portrait

 
Hammingbird Species Gallery 1

Adelomyia melanogenys, Speckled Hummingbird . . . . Aglaiocercus kingi, Long-tailed Sylph . . . . Amazilia amazilia, Amazilia Hummingbird . . . . Amazilia fimbriata, Glittering-throated Emerald…   Read more…

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Discussion: 

a couple of days around quito

it was hard to drag myself away from the constant action but after adding a another couple of species including a subtle but rather beautiful speckled hummingbird and the somewhat less common g…   Read more…

Back in Quito

Speckled Hummingbird Ecuadorian Piedtail Fawn-breasted Brilliant Violet-fronted Brilliant White-tailed Hillstar Buff-tailed Coronet Chestnut-breasted Coronet Shining Sunbeam Ecuadorian Hillstar…   Read more…

hummingbirds in the cloud forest not much to repo…

speckled hummingbird (adelomyia melanogenys) andean emerald. so that looks like 14 species of hummer just from one location. there was probably many more that i didnt manage to video, or just f…   Read more…