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Allen's hummingbird
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English
Etymology
Named to commemorate Charles Andrew Allen, American collector and taxidermist who identified the bird in 1879 in Nicasio, California.
Noun
Selasphorus sasin species, a hummingbird that breeds in the western United States.
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