Riv|o|li's hummingbird

Riv|o|li's hummingbird
Riv|o|li's hummingbird «RIHV uh leez»,
a large hummingbird with green, bronze, and purple plumage, brilliantly iridescent in the male, found from Arizona and New Mexico south to Nicaragua.
[< F. V. Masséna, the Duke of Rivoli, 1799-1863, a French ornithologist and friend of Audubon]

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