White-bellied Emerald - BirdForum Opus

Amazilia candida

Agyrtria candida

Photo credit: peterday
Date: 13-03-2016
Location: Rio Santiago Wildlife Refuge. Honduras

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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 is red with dark culmen and small dark tip to lower mandible.
Female identical except for white tail corners

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.

Photo credit: peterday
Date: 15-03-2016
Location: Pico Bonito Lodge. Honduras

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

Mostly feeds at flowers and feeds fairly low, while it may sing higher.

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. Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
3. Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9

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