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Photo by Francisco Paludo
Araripe, CE, Brazil, July 2017
Anopetia gounellei

Identification

11–12·6 cm (4¼-5 in)

  • Bronze green upperparts
  • Brown underparts
  • Broad white tips to tail feathers
  • Decurved bill

Distribution

Endemic to the lowlands of north-east Brazil (Piauí, Ceará and Bahia).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1], which in the past has been placed in genus Phaethornis.

Habitat

Woodland and semi-deciduous forest, 500m-700m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar and arthropods.

Breeding

Cobweb is used for the building of the nest.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Arthur Grosset
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)

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