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Photo by firecrest15
Rio Silanche Tower, West Andes, Ecuador, April 2015
Heterospingus xanthopygius

Identification

17 cm (6¾ in)
Male

  • Almost entirely black plumage
  • White supercilium
  • Scarlet eyebrow tufts

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: occurs only in Panama
South America: Colombia and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies

  • H. x. xanthopygius:
  • H. x. berliozi:

Habitat

Tall trees in wet forest and forest borders.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of flowers, berries and catkins.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)

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