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Male
Photo by Arthur Grosset
Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004
Galbula leucogastra

Identification

  • Metallic green-bronze upperparts and breast
  • Dark blue crown
  • Dark iris

Male

  • White throat and belly

Female

  • Buffy throat and belly

Distribution

South America: found in central Amazonia, from eastern Colombia, and southern Venezuela, east to Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana; south to southeastern Peru (Madre de Dios), northern Bolivia and south central Amazonian Brazil (south to Mato Grosso).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Subspecies viridissima is not generally recognised[2].

Habitat

Dry shrubland, moist and white-sand forests.

Behaviour

Diet

They hawk for insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset

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