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[[Image:VioletHeaded.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Presumed subspecies ''guimeti''<br />Photo by {{user|Pitter|Pitter}}<br />Chocó Dept., [[Colombia]], August 2007]]
 
;[[: Category:Klais|Klais]]  guimeti
 
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[[Image:VioletHeaded.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of presumed subspecies ''guimeti'' by Pitter<br />Photo taken: Chocó Dept., [[Colombia]] ]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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8cm.  Violet or deep blue forehead, forepart of crown, chin and throat, metallic bronze-green upperparts,
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8cm<br />
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silvery bluish-green central tail feathers, dusky purple remiges, white spot behind each eye, brown-grey underparts,  spotted or flecked with green, especially on the sides. The  female has a paler blue forehead and crown, grey underparts tinged with metallic green or bronze-green on the sides and flanks.  Straight black bill.
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Straight black bill<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Violet or deep blue forehead, forepart of crown, chin and throat
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*Metallic bronze-green upperparts
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*Silvery bluish-green central tail feathers
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*Dusky-purple remiges
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*White spot behind each eye
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*Brownish-grey underparts,  spotted or flecked with green, especially on the sides<br />
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'''Female''':
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[[Image:Violet-headed_Hummingbird_Lavaty.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo by {{user|Peacefrog2|Greg Lavaty}} <br />[[Arenal]], [[Costa Rica]], January 2009]]
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*Paler blue forehead and crown
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*Grey underparts tinged with metallic green or bronze-green on the sides and flanks
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==Distribution==
  
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==Distribution==
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found from [[Honduras]] to [[Bolivia]] and east to [[Brazil]] and [[Venezuela]].
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[[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Three subspecies are recognized, ''merriti'', ''guimeti'', and ''pallidiventris''.
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Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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*''K. g. merritti'':
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:*Eastern [[Honduras]] to eastern [[Panama]]
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*''K. g. guimeti'':
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:*Eastern [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], eastern [[Ecuador]] and northern [[Peru]]
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*''K. g. pallidiventris'':
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:*Eastern Peru to west-central [[Bolivia]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Moist lowland forests and montanes.
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Mid elevation cloud forest, jungle forest, humid foothill forest edges.
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[[Image:Violet-headed_Hummingbird_Lavaty.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peacefrog2|Greg Lavaty}} <br />[[Arenal]], [[Costa Rica]], January 2009]]
 
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes nectar.
 
The diet includes nectar.
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====Breeding====
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The female builds the cup shaped nest of moss and cobwebs, lined with seed plumes, in trees usually above a stream.  2 white eggs are laid, and are incubated by the female.
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The female builds the cup shaped nest of moss and cobwebs, lined with seed plumes, in trees usually above a stream.  The 2 white eggs are incubated by the female.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Klais+guimeti}}
 
{{GSearch|Klais+guimeti}}

Revision as of 23:06, 25 September 2012

Presumed subspecies guimeti
Photo by Pitter
Chocó Dept., Colombia, August 2007
Klais guimeti

Identification

8cm
Straight black bill
Male

  • Violet or deep blue forehead, forepart of crown, chin and throat
  • Metallic bronze-green upperparts
  • Silvery bluish-green central tail feathers
  • Dusky-purple remiges
  • White spot behind each eye
  • Brownish-grey underparts, spotted or flecked with green, especially on the sides

Female:

Photo by Greg Lavaty
Arenal, Costa Rica, January 2009
  • Paler blue forehead and crown
  • Grey underparts tinged with metallic green or bronze-green on the sides and flanks

Distribution

Central and South America: found from Honduras to Bolivia and east to Brazil and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized1:

  • K. g. merritti:
  • K. g. guimeti:
  • K. g. pallidiventris:
  • Eastern Peru to west-central Bolivia

Habitat

Mid elevation cloud forest, jungle forest, humid foothill forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar.

Breeding

The female builds the cup shaped nest of moss and cobwebs, lined with seed plumes, in trees usually above a stream. The 2 white eggs are incubated by the female.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  1. Wikipedia

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External Links

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