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[[Image:White-chested_Emerald.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Russ+Jones|Russ Jones}}<br />[[Trinidad]], 2002<!--EDITORS: this image uploaded to https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=17644-->]] | [[Image:White-chested_Emerald.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Russ+Jones|Russ Jones}}<br />[[Trinidad]], 2002<!--EDITORS: this image uploaded to https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=17644-->]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 17 December 2021
- Chrysuronia brevirostris
Amazilia brevirostris
Agyrtria brevirostris
Identification
8.9 cm. Straight, long, black bill 2 cm. Bright golden-green upperparts, bronze tail, white underparts, green, or white spotted with green, flanks, purple-black tipped tail. The sexes are similar.
Distribution
Trinidad and northern South America.
Taxonomy
This species has in the past been named Amazilia chionopectus, and it is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria as Agyrtria brevirostris.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1].
- A. b. chionopectus:
- A. b. brevirostris:
- A. b. orienticola:
- Coastal French Guiana
Habitat
Open woodland and cultivation.
Behaviour
Breeding
They build a small cup shaped nest from plant fibre which is placed on a horizontal tree branch.
Diet
The diet consists mostly of nectar and small insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-chested Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-chested_Emerald