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Nominate subspecies
Photo by Steve G
Asa Wright Nature Centre grounds, Trinidad, May 2006
Heliomaster longirostris

Identification

Female, nominate subspecies
Photo by Pantanal1
Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil

11–12 cm (4¼-4¾ in) long straight bill
Male

  • Bronze-green upperparts but white on central rump
  • Blue crown
  • White moustachial stripe
  • Reddish throat
  • Greyish to white underparts
  • Black tail

Female: similar, apart from a green crown and purple-edged black throat

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • H. l. pallidiceps:
  • H. l. longirostris:
  • H. l. albicrissa:

Two additional subspecies stuartae and masculinus are generally considered invalid[2].

Habitat

In the canopy of fairly humid forest.

Behaviour

Breeding

The 2 eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree.

Diet

Diet consists of nectar, taken from a variety of tree flowers, and some insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)
  4. Wikipedia

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