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Vireo masteri

Identification

10 cm

  • Olive green upperparts
  • Greyish-olive crown
  • Broad yellow supercilium
  • Dark eyestripe
  • Yellow breast, flanks and vent
  • Dark brown remiges
  • Broad cream double wing-bar
  • Pale bill
  • Bright blue legs

Distribution

South America: found in the rainforests of Pacific slope of Western Andes of Colombia (and probably into north-western Ecuador).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Primary cloud-forest.

Behaviour

The diet includes invertebrates.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. BirdLife International

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