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Lepidothrix vilasboasi

Identification

8·5 cm

  • Greenish gold crown and nape

Distribution

South America: found in eastern Amazonian Brazil (near headwaters of River Tapajós in south-western Pará).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species has in the past been placed in genus Pipra.

Habitat

Humid forest at heights around 200 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small fruits and insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

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