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iztachuitzilin.

Headword: 
iztachuitzilin.
Principal English Translation: 

white hummingbird (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
iztachuitzitzilin, iztachoitzitzilin
Attestations from sources in English: 

Eugene Hunn says "there might be a number of appropriate species matches" for this bird (personal communication 21 April 2024). Chris Carlson brought the reference to our attention. The orthography for this bird name has been normalized from the way it appears in Franciscus Hernández, "Historiae animalivm et mineralivm Novae Hispaniae” (https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN473544997).

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
huitzilin.
iztac.