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- Amazilia candida
Agyrtria candida
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Identification
Underside from chin to undertail coverts white but with greenish flecks on flank. Upperside green. Tail is bronzy-green with dark subterminal band (tail also dark from underside). There is a white post-ocular spot. Bill has dark culmen and small dark tip to lower mandible.
Distribution
Mexico to Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua; a few observations in Costa Rica. Two subspecies are found on the Caribbean side, the third on the Pacific slope.
Taxonomy
This species is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:
- A. c. genini
- Caribbean slope of se Mexico
- A. c. pacifica
- Pacific slope of se Mexico (Chiapas) to s Guatemala
- A. c. candida
- Humid se Mexico (Yucatán Pen.) to Belize and Nicaragua
Habitat
Dry or moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
References
- 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/
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
- Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
