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Revision as of 14:40, 13 October 2023
Male, subspecies micans
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Canopy Tower. Canal Zone, Soberania National Park, Semaphore Hill, Panamá Province, Panama, December 2017
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Canopy Tower. Canal Zone, Soberania National Park, Semaphore Hill, Panamá Province, Panama, December 2017
- Chalybura buffonii
Identification
10·5–12 cm (4-4¾ in)
- Black bill and feet
Male
- Metallic green upperparts
Distribution
Central and South America: found from Panama to Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Four to five subspecies are recognized[1]:
- C. b. micans:
- C. b. buffonii:
- North-central Colombia (Magdalena Valley) and north-western Venezuela
- C. b. aeneicauda:
- North Colombia (Santa Marta region) and northern Venezuela
- C. b. caeruleogaster:
- Eastern slope of the central Eastern Andes of Colombia
- C. b. intermedia:
The subspecies intermedia has in the past been treated as a full species or as a subspecies of Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer.
Habitat
Various forest types - mixed evergreen and deciduous; dry, moist and wet forests, forest edges, semi-open and secondary growth, as well as coffee plantations. Observed at heights around 234 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of nectar from various tree sources.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-vented Plumeleteer. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-vented_Plumeleteer
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
