Violet-crowned Woodnymph

© Glenn Bartley/VIREO

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA, United States

The brilliant irredescent colors of hummingbirds are the result of multiple evenly spaced layers of air-filled melanin granules in the feathers. Violet-crowned Woodnymph, Thalurania colombica. © Glenn Bartley/VIREO. Costa Rica.

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Title: Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Creator: © Glenn Bartley/VIREO
Location: Costa Rica

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

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