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Voices, Stories and Memories

Kilpundi Sisa

The Kichwa name for Pearcea rhodotrichain in the Gesnereaceae family is "Kilpundo Sisa" or "Rufous Motmot Flower." The reason the flower is named after the bird is its visual resemblance to the black patch against read fathers near the motmot's eye.

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Photo by: © wouter_oe

Baryphthengus martii

Family:

Momotidae

English:

Rufous motmot

Spanish:

Barranquero Pechicastaño

Kichwa:

Kilpundu

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