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Chestnut-bellied
hummingbird

I am a small hummingbird Characteristics Non-migra tory; Diurnal
found in Colombia.

Shining armour
I am a rufous-coloured
small hummingbird
with a shining
reddish-bronze
upper body and
greyish rump. I have
a green neck, chestnut
coloured belly and
small white legs.

Blast from the
past

The present day
hummingbird dates back

to thirty million years
ago according to the
latest fossil of a ‘modern’

hummingbird.

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