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Photographed by: Jon Gallagher
Location: Leimembamba, Peru, February, 2010

Identification

15cm. White, green and bronze, blue crest feathers, brilliant turquoise gorget and black line on white underparts feathers.

This is a monotypic species. The Marvellous Spatuletail was discovered in 1835 by bird collector Andrew Matthews for George Loddiges.

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