Green-backed Firecrown - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by pablo
Nahuel Huapi National Park, Rio Negro, Argentina, January 2006

Sephanoides sephaniodes

Sephanoides sephanoides

Identification

10–10·5 cm (4-4¼ in)
Straight black bill
Male

• Reddish-yellow forehead and crown
• Bronzed-green upperparts

Distribution

Female
Photo © by Rodrigo Reyes
Mantagua, Chile, March 2007

South America: found from central Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; Juan Fernandez Island.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], however, some authorities also recognize subspecies albicans and mariannae^[2].

Habitat

Dense forest and forest edge, from seacoast to the snowline

Behaviour

Diet

Male
Photo © by Luis R
El Bosque. Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, 21 April 2019

Their main diet consists of nectar.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-backed Firecrown. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-backed_Firecrown

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