This hummingbird photo was taken at Tandayapa Bird Lodge in Ecuador.
You may just be able to see the hummingbird flower mites at the top of the hummer's bill and in the nostril. These were very common on the hummers I saw in Ecuador.
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A tiny hummingbird, especially the female. The male has white leg puffs, and those with {rufous} leg puffs in the eastern part of the Andes to Bolivia are now considered another species.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)