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| + | <br />Dapa, Valle Department, [[Colombia]], March 2011]] | ||
;[[:Category:Phaethornis|Phaethornis]] syrmatophorus | ;[[:Category:Phaethornis|Phaethornis]] syrmatophorus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Moderately curved bill, black upper mandible and reddish lower mandible. Tail-feathers dark with rufous tips except for the two central tail feathers that are elongated; the extension is white. Tail feathers contrast with tawny-buff tail coverts both above and below. | ||
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| + | ====Variation==== | ||
| + | Eastern slope birds ''columbianus'' are more strongly colored. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. | [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. | ||
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Two subspecies are recognized: ''syrmatophorus'' and ''columbianus''; these are found parallel to each other, ''syrmatophorus'' west of ''columbianus''. | Two subspecies are recognized: ''syrmatophorus'' and ''columbianus''; these are found parallel to each other, ''syrmatophorus'' west of ''columbianus''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Higher elevation forest, edges and openings. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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| + | <br />Dapa, Valle Department, [[Colombia]], ]] | ||
| + | Feeds on nectar from Heliconia and other flowers, and on insects. Often do [[Dictionary_T-Z#T|traplining]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
Latest revision as of 01:40, 2 January 2016
- Phaethornis syrmatophorus
Identification
Moderately curved bill, black upper mandible and reddish lower mandible. Tail-feathers dark with rufous tips except for the two central tail feathers that are elongated; the extension is white. Tail feathers contrast with tawny-buff tail coverts both above and below.
Variation
Eastern slope birds columbianus are more strongly colored.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized: syrmatophorus and columbianus; these are found parallel to each other, syrmatophorus west of columbianus.
Habitat
Higher elevation forest, edges and openings.
Behaviour
Feeds on nectar from Heliconia and other flowers, and on insects. Often do traplining
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tawny-bellied Hermit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tawny-bellied_Hermit
