Green-fronted Lancebill - BirdForum Opus

Male, subspecies veraguensis
Photo by Jim Crosswell
Costa Rica, February 2007

Doryfera ludovicae

Identification

11–13 cm (4¼-5 in)

• Bright green forehead
• Long straight bill

Female is similar but paler overall with little or no bright feathering on the forehead.

Similar Species

Blue-fronted Lancebill

Distribution

Female and juvenile, subspecies veraguensis
Photo by Pablo Siles
Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica, January, 2010

Central America and South America
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• D. l. veraguensis:

• Costa Rica and western Panama

• D. l. ludovicae (rectirostris, grisea):

• Mountains of eastern Panama to Colombia, western Venezuela and north-western Bolivia

Habitat

Male, subspecies veraguensis
Photo by Stanley Jones
Heredia Province, Costa Rica, March 2006

Humid and wet montane forests, particularly with epiphytes.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet is nectar. They feed by the trap-lining method.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
4. neotropical.birds.cornell.edu

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-fronted Lancebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-fronted_Lancebill

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