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Camptostoma imberbe

Photo by sungrebe
Location: southeastern Arizona, US

[edit] Identification

3.5 inches. Dark brown head with an erectile crest and pale supercilium. Grey-green upperparts, brown wings with yellow feather-edging and two whitish wing bars. Brown tail, grey throat, yellow breast and abdomen, pinkish bill. Sexes are similar.

[edit] Distribution

United States, Mexico and Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Light forests, cultivation and gardens with trees.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects, spiders and berries.

The domed nest is made of plant fibre or leaves with a side entrance, placed by a tree fork. 2 white marked with rufous and lilac eggs are laid, and are incubated by the female for14-15 days. After 17 days the young fledge.

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