m |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
;[[: Category:Conothraupis|Conothraupis]] speculigera | ;[[: Category:Conothraupis|Conothraupis]] speculigera | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | '''Male''' has black on head and upper back, wings, upper breast, and tail, grey on flanks and rump, and white on lower breast to undertail coverts. Eye is red. '''Female''' is mostly greenish. | + | '''Male''' has black on head and upper back, wings, upper breast, and tail, grey on flanks and rump, and white on lower breast to undertail coverts. Eye is red.<br /> '''Female''' is mostly greenish. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]]. | [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]]. | ||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
Scrub, woodland and forest borders at elevation of 100-1800 m. | Scrub, woodland and forest borders at elevation of 100-1800 m. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes insects and seeds. | The diet includes insects and seeds. | ||
| − | + | ====Breeding==== | |
The nest is an open and rather untidy and loosely-woven cup built from sticks and leaf petioles. 2-3 pale blue with heavy, quite evenly-distributed brown blotching eggs are laid. | The nest is an open and rather untidy and loosely-woven cup built from sticks and leaf petioles. 2-3 pale blue with heavy, quite evenly-distributed brown blotching eggs are laid. | ||
| − | + | <==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 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Conothraupis+speculigera}} | {{GSearch|Conothraupis+speculigera}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Conothraupis]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Conothraupis]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 6 March 2009
- Conothraupis speculigera
Identification
Male has black on head and upper back, wings, upper breast, and tail, grey on flanks and rump, and white on lower breast to undertail coverts. Eye is red.
Female is mostly greenish.
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1.
Habitat
Scrub, woodland and forest borders at elevation of 100-1800 m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and seeds.
Breeding
The nest is an open and rather untidy and loosely-woven cup built from sticks and leaf petioles. 2-3 pale blue with heavy, quite evenly-distributed brown blotching eggs are laid. <==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
