Chestnut-vented Conebill - BirdForum Opus

Male, subspecies speciosum
Photo © by bievreJJ
Itapira, SP, Brazil, August, 2018

Conirostrum speciosum

Identification

Female, subspecies speciosum
Photo © by bievreJJ
Itapira, SP, Brazil, August, 2018

11 cm (4¼ in)
Male

Dark greyish-blue head and upperparts
Lighter ash-grey lores
Greyish-white underparts
Chestnut vent

Female

Grey head and nape
Green back
Creamy-white underparts

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina,

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

C. s. amazonum:

Eastern Colombia to south-western Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and eastern Peru

C. s. guaricola:

Tropical central Venezuela (eastern Guárico and western Anzoátegui)

C. s. speciosum:

South-eastern Peru (Puno) to eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina

Habitat

Lowland moist forests.

Behaviour

Diet

There is not a lot of information available. Their main diet consists of insects with possibly the addition of nectar too.

Breeding

They construct a cup shaped nest from leaves. The clutch contains 3 bluish-green, brown spotted eggs.

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/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)
ibiologia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-vented Conebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-vented_Conebill

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