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Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Eastern Andes, October 2010
Eriocnemis cupreoventris

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in the eastern Andes of Colombia and north-western Venezuela (Mérida)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

High Andean montane forest.

Behaviour

It nests in dense vegetation.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Wikipedia

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